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A  SYSTEM 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION, 


IN  A  SERIES  OF 

PROGRESSIVE  EXERCISES, 

INCLUDING 

SPECIMENS  OF  TRANSLATION  FROM 

ENGLISH  AND  GERMAN  POETRY 

* 

INTO 

LATIN  VERSE. 


FOR  THE  USE  OF  SCHOOLS  AND  COLLEGES 


CHARLES  ANTHON,  LL.D.,' 

f 

PROFESSOR  OF  THE  GREEK  AND  LATIN  LANGUAGES  IN  COLUMBIA  COLLEGE, 
NEW-YORK,  AND  RECTOR  OF  THE  GRAMMAR-SCHOOL, 

BOSTON  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 
CHESTNUT  HILL,  MASS, 

NEW-YORK: 

HARPER  &  BROTHERS,  82  CLIFF- STREET. 


185  0, 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1845,  by 
Harper  &  Brothers, 

In  the  Clerk’s  Office  of  the  Southern  District  of  New- York. 


131309 


TO 


THE  REV.  SAMUEL  H.  TURNER,  D.D., 

* . 

?»*ieFESSOR  OF  HEBREW  IN  COLUMBIA  COLLEGE,  AND  OF  BIBLICAL  LEARNING 
AND  THE  INTERPRETATION  OF  SCRIPTURE,  IN  THE  GENERAL  SEM¬ 
INARY  OF  THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES, 

OTortt  in  Uetitcatetr 

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AS  A  TOKEN  OF  SINCERE  RESPECT,  NOT  ONLY  FOR  DISTINGUISHED  ABIL¬ 
ITIES  AND  MORAL  WORTH,  BUT  FOR  SOUND  LEARNING,  LIBER¬ 
ALITY  OF  SENTIMENT,  AND  A  TRUE  AND  UNWAVERING 
ATTACHMENT  TO  THE  GOOD  OLD  PATH  ' 

OUR  COMMON  CHU 


PREFACE. 


The  present  work  is  intended  as  a  sequel  to  the 
Treatise  on  Latin  Prosody,  published  a  few  years  ago, 
and  which  the  author  is  happy  to  find  has  met  with 
so  very  favorable  a  reception.  The  subject  of  Latin 
Versification,  though  forming  deservedly  so  marked  a 
feature  in  the  system  of  classical  instruction  pursued 
in  England,  has  never  received  much  attention  in  this 
country,  partly  from  certain  ill-judged  utilitarian  scru¬ 
ples,  but  principally,  it  is  believed,  from  the  want  of  a 
proper  text-book.  Whether  the  present  volume  will 
supply  this  deficiency,  remains  to  be  seen.  No  pains, 
certainly,  have  been  spared  to  make  it  a  full  and  useful 
manual ;  and  with  this  view,  the  materials  have  been  col¬ 
lected  from  a  large  number  of  the  most  approved  works 
on  Latin  Versification,  that  are  at  present  used  in  the 
classical  schools  of  England.  Indeed,  the  American  stu¬ 
dent  has  here,  in  the  compass  of  a  single  volume,  what 
he  would  otherwise  have  to  search  for  among  many 
scattered  works,  and  may,  therefore,  consider  himself  as 
znjoying  a  decided  advantage,  as  far  as  a  text-book  is 
mncerned,  over  his  young  contemporaries  on  the  other 
dde  of  the  Atlantic,  who  are  generally  confined  to 
«tome  one  or  two  of  the  works  from  all  of  which  he 
has  here  selections  presented  to  him. 

It  will  be  perceived,  from  an  examination  of  the  pres¬ 
ent  volume,  that  the  exercises  contained  in  it  have  been 
arranged  in  such  a  way  as  to  form  a  regular  and  pro- 


PREFACE, 


gressive  course ;  and  it  is  believed  that,  after  the  stu¬ 
dent  has  been  carefully  taken  over  the  entire  work,  he 
will  be  fully  qualified  to  enter  upon  the  task  of  original 
composition  in  Latin  verse,  an  accomplishment  which 
forms  decidedly  the  truest  and  most  enduring  ornament 
of  classical  .education. 

The  works  from  which  materials  have  been  prin¬ 
cipally  obtained  for  the  present  volume  are  the  follow¬ 
ing:  “Carey’s  Latin  Versification;”  “Bradley’s  Latin 
Versification Hill’s  Enchiridion  Lyricum “Bland’s 
Latin  Hexameters  and  Pentameters “  Steps  to  Sense- 
Verses  “  Hodgson’s  Mythology  for  Versification 
“  Hodgson’s  Sacred  History  for  Latin  Verse  “  Gret- 
ton’s  Introduction  to  the  Translation  of  English  Poetry 
into  Latin  Elegiacs  and  Hexameters  “  Arnold’s 
Latin  Verse  Composition;”  “Carmina  aliquot  Goethii 
et  Schilleri,  Latine  reddita,  ediderunt  Theodorus  Echt- 
ermeyer  et  Mauritius  Seyfiert,  Phil.,  DD.,”  &c.,  Hah, 
Sax.,  1833.  The  selections  from  this  last-mentioned 
work  are  specially  intended  for  the  students  attending 
the  German  course  in  Columbia  College. 

It  remains  but  to  add  that  a  key  has  been  prepared 
for  the  work,  a  copy  of  which  can  be  obtained  by  anj 
instructor  on  personal  application  to  the  publishers. 


Columbia  College,  Nov.  25th,  1844 


PRELIMINARY  REMARKS 


ON 

PART  I. 


1.  A  long  syllable  is  marked  thus  (")  ;  as,  cards. 

2.  A  short  syllable  is  marked  thus  (~) ;  o.s,fuit. 

3.  One  long  syllable  is  equal,  in  poetic  time  or  measure, 
to  two  short :  thus,  tardis  is  equal  to  celeribus. 

4.  A  diphthong  is  long,  except  prce ,  preceding  a  vowel 
in  a  compound  word. 

5.  A  vowel  immediately  followed  by  another  vowel,  or 
by  a  diphthong,  is  for  the  most  part  short. 

6.  A  vowel  immediately  followed  by  two  consonants,  or 
by  a  double  consonant,  is  for  the  most  part  long. 

7.  A  vowel  naturally  short,  followed  by  a  mute  and  liquid ,l 
may  either  remain  short  or  be  made  long,  at  the  option  of 
the  poet ;  as,  pdtres  or  pdtres,  from  pater. — But  a  vowel 
naturally  long  is  not  rendered  short  by  a  mute  and  liquid 
following ;  as,  mater ,  mdtris,  never  mdtris.2 

8.  A  final  syllable,  ending  with  a  consonant,  though  nat¬ 
urally  short,  is  rendered  long  if  immediately  followed  by  a 
consonant  at  the  beginning  of  the  next  word  ;  as, 

AwsUS  quinetiam  voces  jactare  per  umbram, 

in  which  the  syllable  us,  though  naturally  short,  is  render¬ 
ed  long  by  its  position  before  the  following  consonant  Q. 
_ _ _ _ _ 1 - - 

1.  The  Mutes  are  eight  in  number,  viz.,  B,  C,  D,  G,  K,  P,  Q,  T. 
— The  Liquids  are  four,  viz.,  L,  M,  N,  R. 

2.  A  naturally  short  vowel,  however,  before  a  mute  and  liquid, 
when  the  mute  and  liquid  belong  to  different  syllables,  is  long ;  as, 
quamobrem. — A  naturally  short  vowel  is  also  long  before  a  liquid  fol¬ 
lowed  by  a  mute  ;  as,  fert.  The  three  conditions  of  the  rule,  there¬ 
fore,  as  given  in  the  text,  are  as  follows:  1.  The  Amwel  must  be 
short  by  nature.  2.  It  must  be  a  vowel  before  a  mut e  followed  by  a 
liquid,  not  a  liquid  followed  by  a  mute.  3  The  mute  and  liquid  must 
belong  to  the  same  syllable. 


4 


PRELIMINARY  REMARKS. 


9.  A  final  vowel  or  diphthong,  followed  by  a  vowel  at  the 
beginning  of  the  next  word,  is  elided  or  struck  out,  and  not 
counted  in  the  measure  of  the  verse  ;  as, 

ConticiieHEi  omnes . 

DardaniDJE  e  muris  .  .  . 

to  be  reckoned  in  the  verse  merely  as, 

Conticuer ’  omnes . 

Dardanid ’  e  muris  .... 

10.  Final  M,  with  its  preceding  vowel,  is  likewise  elided 
before  a  following  vowel ;  as, 

t 

MonstrVM  horrendUM  informe  .... 
to  be  accounted  in  the  verse  as, 

Monstr ’  horrend ’  informe  .... 

11.  The  final  syllable  of  a  verse,  in  hexameters,  even 
when  naturally  short,  is  rendered  long  by  its  finality  ;  as, 

Nos  patrice  fines ,  et  dulcia  linquimus  arV A. 

Here  the  short  syllable  VA  is  accounted  as  long,  in  con¬ 
sequence  of  its  position  at  the  end  of  the  line  ;  that  is,  it  is 
lengthened  by  finality. 

12.  Afoot  is  a  combination  of  two  or  more  syllables. 

13.  A  verse  is  a  combination  of  two  or  more  feet. 

14.  A  spondee  is  a  foot  consisting  of  two  long  syllables ; 
as,  durds . 

15.  A  dactyl  is  a  foot  consisting  of  one  long  syllable  fol¬ 
lowed  by  two  short  ones  ;  as,  Tityre ,  car  mind. 

16.  An  hexameter  verse  consists  of  six  feet,  of  which  the 
fifth  is  almost  always  a  dactyl;  and  the  sixth  always  a 
spondee ,  while  the  remaining  four  may  be  either  dactyls  or 
spondees,  at  the  option  of  the  poet ;  agreeably  to  the  fol¬ 
lowing  scale : 

Hexameter  Scale. 


PRELIMINARY  REMARKS. 


5 


17.  The  fifth  place  in  the  hexameter  is  sometimes  a 
spondee ,  and  then  the  verse  is  called  spondaic. 

18.  A  pentameter  verse  consists  of  five  feet,  that  is,  it  is 
divided  into  two  halves,  each  half  consisting  of  two  feet 
and  a  long  syllable :  the  first  two  feet  may  be  dactyls  or 
spondees,  but  the  last  two  must  be  dactyls  only.  Thus, 

Nil  mihi  |  rescri\bas  ||  dttdmen  |  ipse  ve\ni. 

19.  The  pentameter  scale,  therefore,  is  as  follows : 


1 

2 

3 

4 

____ 

__  __ 

— 

~~~ 

's— ' 

— 

20.  Another,  but  less  common  mode  of  scanning  the 
pentameter,  consists  in  making  it  contain  five  consceutive 
feet,  namely,  the  first  and  second  feet  either  dactyls  or 
spondees,  then  a  spondee  followed  by  two  successive  ana¬ 
paests,  agreeably  to  the  following  scale  : 


21.  More  special  remarks  with  regard  to  the  structure  of 
the  hexameter  and  pentameter  will  be  given  in  the  course 
of  the  present  volume.  (Consult  Preliminary  Remarks  to 
Part  III.) 

22.  When  hexameters  and  pentameters  are  arranged  al¬ 
ternately,  the  verse  is  termed  Elegiac. 

23.  In  undertaking  to  convert  any  of  the  examples  given 
in  Part  I.  into  hexameter  verse,  the  incipient  versifier  would 
do  well  to  seek  first  the  concluding  dactyl  and  spondee ; 
which  being  once  secured,  he  will  find  little  difficulty  in 
arranging  the  other  feet. — In  forming  a  pentameter,  let  him 
first  ascertain  the  latter  member ;  which  being  accomplish¬ 
ed  be  can  with  ease  reduce  the  remaining  words  to  two 
feet  and  a  half,  for  the  prior  member  of  the  verse.1 


1.  Carey's  Latin  Versification ,  Pro;/. 

A  2 


/ 


PART  I. 


LATIN  LINES, 


TO  BE  CONVERTED  INTO 


SCANNING-ORDER. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. 


PART  I. 


FIRST  STAGE. 

Lines  to  be  converted  into  Hexameter  Verse,  each  Syllable 
retaining  its  proper  Quantity,  as  here  marked. 

i1-) 

Tu  cave  cbntemnas  carmma  nostra  fastu  tuo. 

_  (2.) 

Heu!  hose  saecula  nunc  tractant  male  miseras  artes. 

1  Nil  w  i  IV  .  v  » 

— -  Certe  minores  poterunt  laudare  me  merito. 

«i  «  1 1  i  «... 

(4.) 

Atrox  Achilles  Igndvit  Hectoreis  manibus. 

l  15  (’^* ) 

~  Alcides  reddidit  Priamo  arces  quas  ceperat. 

*«  f  i  »  i  r »  « 

(6.)  _  ' 

Ruinae  regum  flexere  juvenem  Pellaeum, 
a  i  w 

—  India  tradita  spatiosior  captivo  Poro. 

^  (8° 

Ecce  !  Incendia  nhhi  lucent  castris  Rutulis. 

£  „  I  (V  y 

Fluebant  crines  Intonsi  cervice  longa. 

»  t  *  '  .e'  »*  °  * 

(10.) 

Cape  libens  dona,  magne  Geni,  que  favetd  votis. 

•v  5  I  ( ^ ;  • )  q 

Non  Calliope  haec,  non  Apolld  hese  dictat  mihi. 


’  f  '  Ti2-l  _  ’  * 

Frater  tendebat  ad  eloquium  ab  aev5  viridi. 


8 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  I. 


JW 

QuI  tenet  summa  fastigia  Latini  eloquii. 

(14) 

Infelix,  vix  potes  mensem  unum  requiescere. 

(15.) 

Non  variabant  tecta  Istis  figuris  ollm 

(16.) 

Quin  etiam  duxisti  pdcula  multo  risu. 

(17.) 

Convivia  nunc  fiunt  plena  mensa,  sine  me. 

(18-) 

Querelae  assiduae  peperere  odium  multis. 

(19.) 

Nulli  ludi  poterunt  te  corrumpere  Illic. 

_(20.)_ 

Assidue  Illic  spectabis  tauros  arantes. 

_(21.)_ 

Jam  septima  orbita  plenae  lunae  deducitur. 

(22-).  _ 

Cum  quibus  legisti  poma  sub  Idaeo  antro. 

(23.) 

O  nimium  felicem  Romam  nostro  tempore ! 

(24.) 

Capharea  saxa  fregere  puppes  triumphales. 

(25.)  _ 

Pueri  curent  haec  scripta,  puellae  curent  haec. 

(26.) 

Aut  certe  pictae  tabulae  capient  m^  lumina. 

_  J27J 

Ecce  carinae  coronatae  tetigere  portum. 

(28.) 

Et  cogor  ediscere  pictos  mundos  e  tabula. 

(29.) 

Discite  jam  nunc  lenire  venturam  senectam. 

(3°.) 

Silent  jura,  que  tacent  leges  mutae  sine  vindice. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  I. 


9 


(31.) 

Cingor  tempora  victricia  Apollinea  lauro. 

(32.) 

Felix  qui  transegit  aevum  in  patriis  agris. 

_(3  3.) 

Quam  juvat  cubantem  audire  Immites  ventos  ! 

(34.) 

Phaeacia  tenet  me  aegrum  terris  Igndtls. 

(35.) 

Qui  servant  orbem  stabilem  Augustis  fratribus. 

(36.) 

Sorores  reduces  pandite  defensum  Heiicona. 

(37.) 

Blandi  Molossi  fovere  securum  leporem. 

ps.) 

Jam  non  terrebis  Armenios  arcu  et  jaculo. 

(39.) 

Surgite  de  vitreis  antris  spumosae  Doridos. 

(4°0 

Vos  quoque,  Divae  Nereides,  agmen  caeruleum. 

(41.) 

Fabula  bellorum  extrahit  ndctes  Insomnes. 

(42.) 

Signa  Pompeiana  cinxerunt  Milonem  reum. 


SECOND  STAGE. 

Hexameters ,  each  containing  one  Short  Syllable ,  made  Long 
by  its  Position  in  the  Body  of  the  Verse.  Those  marked 
with  the  Asterisk  have  likewise  a  Syllable  lengthened  in 
consequence  of  its  being  at  the  End  of  the  Verse. 

■  _  (43.) 

Procul  Ite,  curae,  genus  durum  ;  labores  Ite. 

(44.) 

Pia  deorum  turba  tunc  dicet  te  felicem. 

(45.) 

Ferte  per  gentes  extremas  et  per  undas  ferte. 


10 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - FART  I. 


(46.) 

Et  solvebam  modo  corollas  de  fronte  nostra 

_  (47.) 

Et  gaudebam  modo  formare  lapsos  capillos. 

(48.) 

*  Fortuna  melidr  sequetur  principium  flebile. 

.  (49’) 

Properata  merces  minuit  favorem  Ingenio. 

^  (50*) 

*  Mundus  pependit  firmior  Herculea  cervice 

(51.) 

Orestes  placavit  Furias  ultrices  matris. 

(520 

Quid  nunc  tibi  prodest  coluisse  molles  capillos. 

(53>) 

Praeda  cinxit  feras  acies  armis  discordibus. 

(54.) 

*  Interdum  querebar  graviter  mecum  deserta. 

(55.) 

Nec  i  am  mlrabere  toties  nostrum  pallorem. 

(56.) 

Nunc  licet  mihi  cdntlngere  summa  sidera  plantis. 

(57.) 

Lacrymse  et  dolor  merito  fecere  me  peritum. 

(58.) 

*  Quid  nunc  prddest  tibi  misero  dicere  carmen  grave 

(59-) 

*  Quid  non  cessas  fingere  mihi  crimen  desidiae  ? 

(60.) 

Tu  laetabere  casu  nostro,  quod  soles  saepe. 

(61.) 

AdsptcS,  quanto  periclo  Fortuna  me  rapiat. 

(62.) 

Erit  ne  nulla  finis  concessa  ndstro  dolori  ? 

_(63.) 

Non  ulla  petulantia  meae  linguae  laesit  te. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - FART  I. 


11 


(64>). 

At  saepe  deduxi  tibi  carmina  n5v5  versu. 

•  _  i65,) 

Quid  tantum  merui  ?  quae  crimina  mutant  te  mihi  ? 

(66,) 

Medicina  sanat  omnes  dolores  humanos. 

(67° 

*  Cur  moratur  haec  facies  humana  In  terris  ? 

(68.) 

Ctinam  senectus  nolit  mutare  hanc  faciem ! 

(69.) 

*  Rusticus  aliquis  quaerat  praelia  haec  tam  turpia. 

P°.) 

Quin  etiam  saepe  fingis  tibi  propinquos  falsos. 

Cn.)  ^ 

Quae  vota  suscepta  mihi  prdpter  tuam  salutem  ! 

(72.) 

Nihil  unquam  in  vita  ndbls  acceptius  te. 

(73.) 

Semita  lucebat  ante  pedes  nobis  caecis. 

_ (74-) 

Haec  victoria  mihi  potior  devictis  Parthis. 

(75.) 

*  Alumnus  Romanus  habet  patrium  nil  nisi  nomen. 

(76.) 

*  Ille  refertur  tibi  frigidus  que  corpus  inane. 

(77.) 

*  Cuncta  volant  dum  ferox  dextra  saevit  in  proelia. 

THIRD  STAGE. 

Hexameters,  each  having  two  or  more  Short  Syllables  made 

Long  by  Position,  fyc. 

>  P8.) 

Nec  poeniteat  te  subilsse  duros  labores. 

(79.)  _  _ 

Nec  elegi  prosunt,  nec  Apollo  auctor  carminis. 


12 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  I. 


(80.) 

Ecce  !  Victoria  volitat  super  fessas  puppes. 

(SI.) 

Et  rusticus  oblitus  mustd  feriet  uvas  pede. 

-  (82-)  _ 

Sed  lltera  demdnstret  tristem  causam  mortis. 

(83.)  _ 

At  nds  reddamus  tempora  securae  mensae. 

(84.) 

Et  hic  furor  jam  n5n  deficit  mihi  toto  anno. 

(85.) 

Nec  unica  gratia  desit  jucundis  verbis. 

(86.) 

Livor  licet  cupidus  deponat  falsa  gaudia. 

-  (87.) 

Tamen  tu  converte  saevas  querelas  in  melius. 

(88-) 

Ah  !  quot  curas  tua  Injuria  peperit  nobis  ! 

(89.) 

Ambulat  et  amici  subito  mirantur  funus. 

(9°.) 

Sed  jam  videSr  tibi  augur  verior  Dodona. 

(91-) 

Hic  vel  Ille  pbterat  perdere  classes  vel  muros. 

(92.) 

Apelles  ponit  sibi  summam  in  tabula  Veneris. 

(93.) 

Domus  fortunata  mod5  fidus  amicus  tibi  sit. 

_  (94,) 

Sed  audit  Inclusas  puellas  ridere  procul. 

(95.) 

Qu5  raperis  comas  laniata  que  furenti  similis  ? 

(96.) 

Aut  servabit  mihi  uvas  In  plenis  lintribus. 

(97.) 

Tu  vel  ferro  mihi  pectus  vel  venend  perde. 


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(98.) 

At  perfide  ipse  non  imitabor  voces  tuas. 

(•99.) 

Dementia  mutat  in  jaculum  quodcumque  gent. 

(100.) 

Quidquid  Ira  suggesserit  geritur  pro  telo. 


FOURTH  STAGE. 

Hexameters ,  each  containing  one  or  more  Elisions. 

(101.) 

Cogor  proficisci  ad  doctas  Athenas  iter  magnum. 

(102.) 

Mulier  Ista  fiducia  tute  formal  falsa  est. 

(103.) 

Accedat  ad  vestrds  annos  quod  detractum  est  mihi. 

(104.) 

Ea  adsum  et  confessus  crimina  posco  veniam. 

(105.) 

Quare  fatere  errata  quam  primum  si  pudor  est. 

(106.) 

Quam  multa  verba  narramus  apposita  lucerna  ! 

(107.) 

Colam  rura,  que  mea  Delia  aderit  cust5s  frugum. 

(108.) 

Ego  saepe  tentavl  depellere  curas  vino. 

(109.) 

Gloria  est  Lysippo  effingere  signa  animosa. 

(110.) 

Alios  soles  quaere  et  lltora  peregrinae  terrae. 

(in.) 

Hic  etiam  obvenies  menti,  que  Ipse  sequeris  te. 

(112.) 

Non  est  animo  ita  fas  pellere  mdrbum  humanum. 

(113.) 

Valeas  iterum  ergo  vati  acceptissima  Cithara ! 

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(114.) 

Non  meum  est  horrere  linguam  acuti  censoris. 

(H50 

Aliquis  forte  cui  joci  cura,  cui  ludere  est  cordi. 

(116.) 

Tuos  montes  iamne,  et  saecla  ovium  rodentia. 

(m.) 

In  nympharum  usum,  et  redimicula  castis  nuribus. 

(118.) 

Aut  ad  cumulata  altaria  tumidi  Luxus  ferre. 

(1190 

Ni  forte  turris  vicinae  ex  hedera  In  vertice. 

(120.) 

Miseram  me  a  culmine  salebroso  mater  exaudi. 


FIFTH  STAGE. 

Pentameters ,  each  Syllable  retaining  its  proper  Quantity. 

(121.) 

Tegant  horrida  corpora  villosa  veste. 

(122.) 

Ignis  et  ventus  diripiant  opes  partas. 

(123.) 

Nam  pudet  Illum  palam  dicere  haec  verba. 

(124.) 

Iverat  vastatum  Assyrios  fines. 

(125.) 

Haec  est  prima  favilla  venturi  mali. 

(126.) 

Ah !  fuge  assiduas  blanditias,  quisquis  es. 

(127.) 

O  nullis  blanditiis  tutum  credere. 

(128.) 

Aspice  quam  saevas  minas  aura  Increpat. 

(129.) 

Mors  tum  non  sit  amara  mihi  ullo  loco. 


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(130.) 

Modo  tu  ne  dubita  de  mea  gravitate. 

(131.) 

Una  fides,  una  dies,  auferet  ambos. 

(132.) 

Piitas  me  esse  similem  moribus  vestris  ? 

(133.) 

Prata  mollia  sunt  terenda  parvis  rotis. 

(m.) 

Cymba  Ingenii  tui  n5n  est  gravanda. 

(135.) 

Haec  lacerna  quarta  texitur  tuis  castris. 

(136.) 

Que  terra  feta  non  ministrat  ullas  aquas. 

(137.) 

Pandite  hospita  fana  viris  defessis. 

(138.) 

Altus  alveus  vix  capit  adjectas  aquas. 

(139.) 

Cur  abis  sme  me,  cur  sic  Incomitatus? 

(140.) 

Tu  eras  grata  requies  laboris  fesso. 

_  (141») 

Mors  atra  precor  abstineas  avidas  manus. 

(142.) 

Devdfse  exuviae  flavi  verticis. 

(143.) 

Jun5  vellet  habere  Jovem  tam  frugi. 

(144.) 

Cum  gravis  aestus  hiulcat  exustos  agros. 

(!45.) 

Expulit  laetitias  ex  omni  pectore. 

(146.) 

Ego  tunc  praeferar  Ingeniis  Romanis. 

(147.) 

Cynthia,  tu  potes  ferre  nives  Insolitas  ? 


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(148.) 

Astra  pr5tinus  fugerunt  toto  polo. 


SIXTH  STAGE. 

Pentameters ,  with  one  Short  Syllable  made  Long  by  Position 
in  the  Body  of  the  Verse,  or  lengthened  because  at  the 
End  of  the  Line. 

149.) 

Dedit  cantus  felices  ore  sonante. 

(150.) 

Que  agna  praebuit  latus  vicinum  lup5. 

(1510 

Dum  area  teret  fruges  calente  sole. 

(152.) 

Saucius  Ingemuit  Arcadiis  rupibus. 

(153.) 

Prima  Tyros  docta  credere  ratem  ventis. 

(154.) 

Maxima  historia  nascitur  de  nihilo. 

(155.) 

Sentit  opus  suum  crescere  pdsteritate. 

(156.) 

Ceres  distendet  plena  horrea  spicis. 

(157.) 

Non  norunt  dicere  quid  sequens  hdra  ferat. 

(158.) 

Sic  semper  geras  tempbra  vincta  hedera. 

(159.) 

Una  dies  serena  fulsit  p5st  multas. 

(160.) 

Hic  exitus  n5n  erit  inhonestus  nobis. 

(161.) 

Ista  gldria  norit  meam  canitiem. 

(162.) 

Insanus  quaeris  aquam  medid  flumine. 


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(163.) 

Hic  timor  est  donor  IpsTs  exsequiis. 

(164.) 

Ne  id  defluat  vacuo  ex  animo  tibi. 

(165.) 

Non  solet  esse  dm  quod  habet  Invidiam. 

(166.) 

Precor  Illa  dies  sit  ante  obitus  meos. 

(167.) 

Et  Ingenium  meum  crescet  sub  jussa  tua. 

(168.) 

Clesare  salvo  Roma  vix  timeat  Jovem. 


(169.) 

Eram  vinctus  manus  versas  In  mea  terga. 

(170.) 

Et  sauciat  ora  mea  manu  perversa. 

(m.) 

Haec  dona  sunt  paranda  in  tuos  reditus. 

(172.) 

Et  Ipse  subdidit  flammas  manii  trepida. 

(173.) 

Nec  vdx  missa  ore  principis  potest  tegi. 

(174.) 

Nec  tu  crede  minora  de  tanto  viro. 

(175.) 

Illa  fuere  solamen  longis  malis. 

(176.) 

Hic  Ceres  recisa  curva  falce  gaudet. 

(177.) 

Reversus  m  castra  mea  equis  captivis. 

(178.) 

Non  agitabis  volucrem  equum  per  campos. 

(179.) 

Et  coqui  sdll  redimunt  docta  carmina. 

(180.) 

Qua  prima  fides  mea  ultima  erit  talis. 

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(181.) 

Manlius  fuit  tale  auxilium  nobis  . 

(182.)  I  ' 

Que  subit  tecta  structa  pumice  pendenti. 

(183.) 

Et  erit  hostis  tibi  non  tacitis  vdcibus. 

(184.) 

SI  forte  quid  durius  Incident  tibi. 

(185.) 

Aura  Zephfrl  p5ssTdet  b5c  vacuum  nemus. 

(188.) 

Cims  Nestoris  visus  est  p5st  tria  saecla. 

(187;) 

Piscis  erit  aridus  m  slcc5  gurgite. 

(188.) 

Propius  aut  longius  sua  mors  manet  quemque. 

(189.) 

Rogus  iste  habet  viscera  miser®  matris. 

(190.) 

Aspice,  quot  meritis  una  culpa  sit  minor. 

(191.) 

Hic  pastor  perluit  pecus  miti  amne. 


SEVENTH  STAGE. 

Pentameters ,  each  containing  two  or  more  Short  Syllables 
rendered  Long  by  Position. 

(192.) 

Et  purpureus  color  in  corpore  niveo. 

(193.) 

Nec  meminit  Ire  notas  vias  ut  prius. 

(194.) 

Non  ego,  sed  umbra  tenuis  mei  vapulat. 

(195.) 

Quid  quereris  fidem  n5stram  sic  cecidisse  ? 


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(196.) 

Hic  nuper  posuit  pedem  in  nostra  urbe. 

(197.) 

Nec  visa  es  minor  conjuge  magni  Jovis. 

(198.) 

At  dolor  verterat  merum  omne  m  lacrymas. 

(199.) 

Dura  pectora  vincuntur  m511I  prece. 

[See  farther  examples  under  il  Distichs,”  Stage  9.) 


EIGHTH  STAGE. 

Pentameters,  containing  Elisions. 

(200.) 

Legar  In  lapide  nupta  fuisse  huic  uni. 

(201.) 

O !  quantum  Ingenium  est  subitis  casibus ! 

(202.) 

Est  mirum  velle  id  dari  tibi  quod  non  das. 

(203.) 

Haec  est  maxima  laetitia  Illi  fatuo. 

(204.) 

Qui  compent  ortus  atque  obitus  stellarum. 

(205.) 

Tantum  soles  operire  aut  aperire  ddmum. 

(206.) 

Tota  nostra  domus  sepulta  est  una  tecum. 

(207.) 

SIqua  foret  copia,  ego  deferrem  ultrd. 

(208.) 

Aliena  terra  detinet  s5l6  extremo. 

(209.) 

Eripite  mihi  hanc  perniciem  pestem  que. 

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NINTH  STAGE. 

Histichs,  Hexameter  and  Pentameter,  containing  Examples 
of  lengthened  Short  Syllables  and  Elisions,  to  he  discover¬ 
ed  by  the  Learner. 

(210.) 

Cum  Python,  domitus  arcu  Phoebeo  decidit, 

Fudit  que  anhela  membra  jugo  Cirrhaeo, 

Arethusa  que  absens  agnovit  novds  triumphos, 

Et  sensit  necem  Geticam  cruore  teste. 

(211.) 

JEmTHane  si  es  pauper  eris  semper  pauper ; 

Opes  nunc  dantur  nulli  nisi  divitibus. 

(212.) 

Felix  hymenaeus  strepuit  Olympo  frondoso  : 

Ossa  et  Pindus  resonant  reginam  Thetin. 

(213.) 

An  fiducia  crevit  tibi  castris  cdntinuls  ? 

Miles  que  jam  habet  tota  pectora  vatis  ? 

(214.) 

Nunc  meditatur  scindere  ligna  securi  alia ; 

£t  tandem  vapulat  suis  Ipse  fascibus. 

(215.) 

Non  coacti  obsididne,  n5n  domiti  acie, 

Ne  pereant  ritu  quo  viri  periere. 

(216.) 

Dementia  cdncidit  vulnere  exiguae  chartae. 

LItera  confecit  saevum  opus  Martis. 

(217.) 

Turpat  raram  canitiem  de  largo  pulvere ; 

Et  gemens  anile  implet  rugas  lacrymls. 

(218.) 

Nec  pudeat  Interrupisse  longos  labores, 

Et  constituisse  tenuem  moram  Musis. 

(219.) 

Qui  primus  nave  Inventa  secuit  profundum, 

Et  ‘’ollicitavit  annas  rurlthus  remls  : 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  I. 

Qui  ausus  committere  alnum  dubns  flatilius  ; 

Praebuit  vias  arte  quas  natura  negat ; 
Primum  trepidus  credidit  se  tranquillis  undis, 
Legens  summa  lltora  securo  tramite. 

'  (220.) 

Mox  tentare  longds  sinus  et  linquere  terras, 

Et  coepit  pandere  vela  leni  Noto. 

(221.) 

Cum  lumina  prims  taedae  sociarent  Orphea, 
Festus  que  Hymen  compleret  Thracia  rura. 

(222.) 

Ferae,  volucres  que  picturatis,  certavere, 

Quae  potlora  dona  darent  suo  vati. 

(223.) 

Quid  rear  quod  non  dirigis  mihi  ullds  affatus, 

*  ~  •  ’  '  -  V 

Nec  “  Salus”  ducta  alterno  pollice  redit. 

(224.) 

Quem  finem,  precor,  silentia  habitura  Inter  nos 
QuandS  grata  Utera  dabit  caras  vices  ? 

(225.) 

Adspice  venerandos  fratres  sudantes  pondere, 
Meritos  semper  coli  divino  honore  ; 

Quibus  justa  reverentia  rapids  flammae  cessit, 
Et  iEtna  mirata  reppulit  vagas  faces. 

(226.) 

Fortuna  non  traxit  Illum  vario  tumultu  ; 

Nec  bibit  Igndtas  aquas  mobilis  hospes. 

(227.) 

Mea  regina  docuit  me  id  multis  querelis, 

Novo  viro  Invisente  torva  praelia. 

(228.) 

Paupertas  mea  traducat,  me  Inerti  vitae, 

Dum  focus  meus  luceat  assiduo  Igne. 

(229.) 

Ego  non  requiro  divitias  patrum  fructus  que, 
Quos  messis  condita  tulit  antiquo  avo. 


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(230.) 

Messala  decet  te  bellare  mari  terra  que, 

0t  d5mus  praeferat  exuvias  hostiles. 

(231.) 

Cum  suprema  hora  venerit  mihi  spectem  te  ; 
Moriens  teneam  te  manu  deficiente. 

(232.) 

Pigra  frigora  hibernae  noctis  non  nocent  mihi, 
Ndn  Imber  mihi  cum  decidit  multa  aqua. 

(233.) 

Jam  tenet  Infernas  catervas  strldbre  maglcd, 
Jam  jubet  referre  pedem  adspersas  lacte. 

(234.) 

Humilis  que  prostratus  suppliciter  ad  pias  aras, 
Mitigat  nurus  Iratas  tremente  voce. 

(235.) 

Moriens  frustra  vocabis  vecturum  delphina . 

Ille  devehit  s515s  virds  ad  terram. 

(238.) 

Non  exercuit  arma  sine  artibus  Pieriis : 

Maxima  cura  vatiim  semper  erat  duci. 

£nlm  virtus  gaudet  jungere  sibi  Musas  testes  : 
Quisquis  gerit  digna  carmine  amat  carmen. 

(237.) 

Victoria  advexit  Musas  reduces  secum : 

Et  Martia  laurus  erat  sertum  vati. 

(238.) 

Sed  prior  successus  meruit  alienam  effigiem  ; 
Honos  que  patricius  dicavit  ora  nostra. 

(239.) 

Cum  Orpheus  ageret  otia  cantibus  sopitis, 

Que  seposuisset  diu  neglectum  ebur ; 
Nymphae  lugebant  solatia  erepta  sibi : 

Mcesta  flumina  lugebant  dulces  modos. 


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(240.) 

Dies  longa  docuit  leones  parere  homini, 

Dies  longa  peredit  saxa  molli  aqua. 

(241.) 

Pater  Nile,  quanam  causa  possim  dicere,  te, 

Aut  In  quibus  terris,  caput  occuluisse  ? 

Propter  te,  tua  tellus  postulat  nullos  Imbres  ; 

Nec  arida  herba  supplicat  Jovi  Pluvio. 

(242.) 

At  dum  aetas  primi  temporis  floret  tibi,  tu 
Utere  :  illa  labltur  non  tardo  pede. 

(243.) 

Nec  spes  celandi  sit  tibi  paranti  peccare : 

Deus  est  qui  vetat  dolos  esse  occultos. 

(244.) 

Ferunt  Illam  saepe  ducere  cdnvlvla  Baccho, 

Dum  Luciferi  rota  orta  provocet  diem. 

(245.) 

fit,  suspensa  timore,  praetentat  iter  pedibus  ; 

Cui  manus  ante  explorat  caecas  vias. 

(246.) 

Cum  venator  reponit  defessa  membra  toro, 

Tamen  mens  redit  ad  silvas  et  lustra  sua. 

(247.) 

Studium  Musarum  sub  silenti  n5cte  me  quoque 
Solet  sollicitare  assuetis  artibus, 

Namque  videbar  In  media  arce  stellantis  poli 
Ferre  carmina  ante  pedes  summi  Jovis. 

(248.) 

Omnia  concussa  barbarico  tumultu  per  te  : 

Crede  mihi  aequor  erat  tutius  terris 

(249.) 

Cum  peterem,  ego  n5n,  more  sollennl  procorum  : 

Promisi  pascua  plena  gregibus  meis. 


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(250.) 

Casta  superis  placent :  venite  cum  veste  pura, 

Et  sumite  aquam  fontis  puris  manibus. 

(251.) 

At  te  Messala  gerentem  victrices  lauros, 

Currus  eburnus  portabat  niveis  eqius. 

(252.) 

Quae  ratio  tibi  cum  pedibus  ?  quid  culpas  carmina 
Laceras  versiculos  qui  nescis  scandere. 

(253.) 

Annus  maturat  uvas  in  collibus  apricis ; 

Annus  agit  lucida  signa  certa  vice. 

(254.) 

Quam  cito  deperdit  terra  colores  purpureos ! 
Quam  cito  alba  populus  formosas  comas ! 

(255.) 

Nulla  hostilis  buccina  per  campos  Aonios 
Vetat  carmina  deteriore  mugitu. 

(258.) 

Et  Indomitus  Mavdrs,  post  praelia  tandem,  fertur 
Fundere  lassa  membra  per  Odrysias  nives. 

(257.) 

Tum  vates  laetatus  festo  tempore  patriae, 

Repetit  canora  fila  desuetae  lyrae. 

(258.) 

Una  tecum  omnia  gaudia  nostra  perierunt, 

Quae  tuus  dulcis  amor  alebat  In  vita. 

(259.) 

Alius  congerat  sibi  divitias  fulvo  auro, 

Et  teneat  multa  jugera  culti  soli. 

(260.) 

Quem  assiduus  labbr  terreat  hoste  vicino  ; 

Cui  Martia  classica  pulsa  fugent  somnos. 

(261.) 

Tamen  nec  pudeat  tenuisse  bidentem  Interdum. 
Aiit  Increpuisse  tardos  boves  stimulo. 


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TENTH  STAGE. 

Mixed  Distichs,  in  which  the  Words  of  both  Lines  are  inter¬ 
woven,  so  as  not  to  admit  a  division  into  separate  Inde¬ 
pendent  Verses .  The  following  Examples  wilfSexplain 
this : 

1.  Unus  annulus  de  toto  orbe  comarum,  non  bene 
fixus  incerta  acu,  peccaverat. 

Unus  de  toto  peccaverat  orhe  comarum 
Annulus ,  incerta  non  henefxus  acu . 

2.  Qui  mavult  donare  dimidium  Lino,  quam  credere  to¬ 
tum,  mavult  perdere  dimidium. 

Dimidium  donare  Lino ,  quam  credere  totum , 

Qui  mavult ,  mavult  perdere  dimidium . 

(262.) 

Terpsichore  movit  facilem  barbiton  lascivo  pollice  et  duxit 
molles  choros  in  antra. 

(263.) 

Tunc  jurabas  mihi,  te,  nullo  pdndere  divitis  auri,  nec  gem¬ 
mis,  velle  vendere  fidem. 

(264.)  - 

Velim,  Vulcanus  torreat  illa  carmina  rapida  flamma,  et  am¬ 
nis  deleat  liquida  aqua. 

(265.) 

Veni,  Bacche,  dulcis  que  uva  pendeat  e  tuis  cornibus  ;  et, 
Ceres,  cinge  tempora  spicis. 

(266.)  * 

Opus  nullum  exsurgit,  quod  annosa  vetustas  non  expugnet, 
quod  iniqua  dies  non  vertat. 

(267.) 

Phoebus,  renovans  emeritam  facem  Tethyos  amne,  jam  in¬ 
tulit  nitidum  jubar  liquidis  undis. 

(268.) 

Phoebus  depulerat  noctivagos  ignes  coelo  radiis  flagrantibus, 
diem  que  reddiderat. 

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(289.) 

Sol,  ortus  ab  aequoreis  aquis  Tethyos,  promit  caput  Insigne 
ardente  corona  radiorum. 

(27°.) 

£t  eancuda  lilia  mixta  purpureis  papaveribus  surgebant  Irri¬ 
guo  prato  circum, 

(271.) 

Alio  Pythone  peremptd  telis  Domini,  nunc  sacra  caterva 
coeunt  ad  lyram  ndstram. 

(272.) 

Tum  Phoebus  tentavit  lyram  ndbiliore  pectine,  quo  domat 
saxa,  quo  pertrahit  ornos. 

(273.) 

Cerne  culmina  majestatem  que  Romani  senatus,  et  viros 
quibus  exsultat  Gallia. 

(274.) 

Qui  modo  patricius  flectebat  sublimes  habenas  rerum,  rur¬ 
sum  timet  nota  verbera. 

(275.) 

Caeca  Sibylla,  quii  solebas  pandere  fata  aliis,  miror,  cur  taces 
ad  propriam  cladem. 

(276.) 

Sopltd  pectore,  amica  quies  reddit  omnia  vota,  quae  v51vun- 
tur  diurn5  sensu. 

(277.) 

£t  duri  montes,  silva  que  saepe  secuta  Bistoniam  chelyn, 
flevere  silentia  Orpheos. 

•  (278.) 

Quis  audet  adscrlbere  casum  talibus  meritis  ?  quis  neget 
Deos  auctores  statuisse  haec  1 

(279.) 

Non  lues  terrena,  nec  corrupta  flamina  Austri,  nec  Sirius 
saevo  Igne  nocet  Illis. 

(280.) 

Non  tremuit  freta  mercator,  non  miles  classica,  non  Ille  per- 
tullt  lites  rauci  fori. 


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(281.) 

Cum  Medi  peperere  mare  novum,  cumque  barbara  juventus 
navit  per  medium  Athon  classi. 

(282.) 

Nec  Musse  oblectant  dulci  carmine  veterum  scriptorum, 
cum  anxia  mens  pervigilat. 

(283.) 

Lusi  satis  multa ;  nec  Dea,  qule  miscet  dulcem  amaritiem 
curis,  est  nescia  nostri. 

(284.) 

Ipse,  rusticus,  seram  teneras  vites  maturo  tempore,  et  gran¬ 
dia  p5ma  facili  manu. 

(285.) 

Nec  spes  destituat :  sed  semper  prlebeat  acervos  frugum,  et 
pinguia  musta  pleno  lacu. 

(286.) 

Nam  seu  stipes  desertus  In  agris,  seu  vetus  lapis  in  trivio, 
habet  florea  serta,  veneror. 

(287.) 

Flava  Ceres,  sit  tibi  spicea  cordna  de  nostro  rure,  qule  pen- 
deat  ante  fores  templi. 

(288.) 

Vos  quoque,  Lares,  custodes  quondam  felicis  agri,  nunc 
pauperis,  fertis  munera  vestra. 

(289.) 

Mea  Delia,  Ipse  p5ssum  jungere  boves,  et  pascere  pecus  in 
solo  mdnte,  modo  sim  tecum. 

(290.) 

Seges  parva  est  satis  :  est  satis,  si  licet  requiescere  lecto, 
et  levare  membra  solito  toro. 

(291.) 

Caper,  rode  vitem :  tamen  hinc  erit,  quod  possit  fundi  in 
tua  cornua,  cum  stabis  ad  aram. 


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ELEVENTH  STAGE. 

In  the  following  Exercises,  the  JYouns  in  Italic  characters 
are  to  have  Epithets  adapted  to  them.  The  words  in¬ 
closed  within  brackets  []  are  to  be  altered  to  other  Synon¬ 
ymous  terms,  the  alteration  sometimes  consisting  in  a  sim¬ 
ple  change  of  Number,  Case,  Mood,  or  Tense.  Thus, 

At  cerastae  non  [repunt]  squamcisd  ventre  ; 

Nec  Itala  [aqua]  furit  no  vis  [monstris]. 

Non  catenae  Andromedes  [sonant]  hie  pro  matre 
Nec,  Phoebe  fugate,  [horres]  Ausonias  dapes. 

At  non  squamoso  labuntur  ventre  cerastae  ; 

Itala  portentis  nec  furit  unda  novis. 

Non  hic  Andromedes  resonant  pro  matre  catenae ; 

Nec  tremis  Ausonias,  Phoebe  fugate,  dapes. 

And  again, 

Curia,  quae  nunc  [splendet]  alta  senatu, 

[Habebat]  pellitos  patres,  rustica  corda. 

Curia,  prae  texto  quae  nunc  nitet  alta  senatu, 

Pellitos  habuit,  rustica  corda,  patres. 

(292.) 

£ram  [deridiculum]  positis  mensis  Inter  convivia, 

£t  [quivis]  poterat  esse  loquax  de  me. 

(293.) 

Tum  [optabis]  vellere  albos  [crines]  a  stirpe, 

At  speculo  [increpante]  tibi  rugas. 

(294.) 

Tarpelus  Pater  que  [solebat  tonare]  de  nuda  rupe ; 

Et  Tiberis  erat  advena  nostris  [armentis]. 

(295.) 

Buccma  cogebat  [antiquos]  [Romanos]  ad  verba : 

Illi  centum  [frequenter]  erant  senatus  In  prato. 


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(296.) 

Nec  vela  pendebant  cavo  theatro ; 

Non  pulpita  [olebant]  sollennes  crocos. 

(297.) 

Nec  rudis  miles  fulgebat  In  armis; 

[Solebant  miscere]  nuda  prliella  [ustis  sudibus]. 

(298.) 

Nec  parma  picta  Inducto  pyropo  [effulgebat]  : 

Boves  caesi  pnebebant  halted. 

(299.) 

Et  disco  [ubi]  vincendus  Araxes  fluat ; 

Quot  millia  Parthus  eques  currat  sine  aqua ; 

Qu®  [terra]  sit  lenta  gelu,  quae  putris  [a  calore] : 

Qui  ventus  [prospere]  ferat  vela  in  Italiam. 

(300.) 

Cum  pondera  tortae  fund®  sparguntur, 

Et  subdolus  arcus  [crepat]  versis  equis. 

(301.) 

Et  [unica]  mors  potuit  esse  satis  'puellai  malae, 

Quae  voluit  fallere  [tuos  ignes]  Vesta  i 

(302,) 

Slquls  [miretur]  exstlnctds  Ignes  Pallados, 

Ignoscat :  ara  spargitur  [meo  fletu]. 

(303.) 

Et  quarta  [tuba]  jam  canit  venturam  [diem]  ; 

Que  Ipsa  sidera  lapsa  cadunt  In  [mare]. 

(304.) 

Ego  vidi  victura  rosaria  P&sti 
Jacere  cocta  sub  matutino  Not5. 

(305.) 

Vates  [sacrificat]  :  ora  sint  faventia  [sacrificio], 

Ya,  juvenca  cadat  ante  [meum  focum]. 

(306.) 

Hinc  Actius  [Apollo]  traxit  [monimentum],  quod  ejus 
[Unica]  sagitta  missa  vicit,  decem  [naves]. 

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(307.) 

Manes  sunt  aliquid :  [mors]  non  flnlt  omnia ; 

Que  umbra  [fugit]  [evictum  rogum]. 

(308.) 

Ecce,  pars  altera  [navigans]  coronato  phaselo, 
tJbi  aura  mulcet  Elysias  rosas. 

(309.) 

Lumina  elata  turbant  [dormientes]  Quirites, 

Et  omnis  semita  tonat  [insanis  vocibus]. 

(310.) 

[Quo  tempore]  [Hercules]  juvencos 
Egerat  a  stabulis  tuis,  O  Erythia, 

Venit  ad  invictos  montes,  Palatia  [plena  pecoribus], 

Et  statuit  [fatigatos]  boves,  et  ipse  [fatigatus]. 

(311.) 

Hic,  ne  signa  forent  [manifesti  furti], 

Traxit  boves  cauda  ad  [antrum]. 

(312.) 

Ite,  Herculis  b5ves,  [postreme]  labor  [meae]  clavae, 
Boves,  bis  [a  me]  quaesitae,  bis  praeda  mea. 

(313.) 

Adscendo  magnum  iter  ;  sed  gloria  [sufficit]  mihi  vires 
Corona  lecta  e  facili  jugo  ndn  [delectat]. 

(314.) 

Et  Cerberus  petat  nullas  umbras  hodie  ; 

Sed  catena  lapsa  tacita  sera  jaceat. 

(315.) 

Natura  dedit  [mihi]  leges  ductas  a  sanguine, 

Ne  possim  esse  melior  [timore]  judicis. 

(316.) 

Haec  est  [ultima]  merces  feminei  triumphi, 

Ubi  libera  fama  laudat  emeritum  torum. 

(317.) 

Nunc  commendo  tibi  [filios]  communia  pignora ; 

Haec  cura  spirat  Inusta  et  [meis  cineribus]. 


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(318.) 

Post  annos  resides,  velut.  excita  somno, 

[Musa  mea]  frultilr  Romanis  choris. 

(319.) 

[Mortuus  est]  juvenis,  venerabile  exemplum  morum, 
Ille  maximus  [bello], Ille  maximus  [pace]. 

(320.) 

[Funus]  tibi  [ducendum  est],  pro  sacris  triumphis 
Et  [sepulcrum]  manet  Drusum  pro  arce  Jovis. 

(321.) 

Fingebas  [reversum]  que  fovebas  praecepta  mente 
Gaudia,  et  jam  victor  erat  [in  conspectu]  tibi. 

(322.) 

Parcae,  jam  claudite  sepulcra  [nimis]  reserata  ; 
Claudite:  domus  Ista  jam  [nimis]  patet. 

(323.) 

SIccine  eras  dignus  occurrere  [adspectui]  matris  1 
Ego  fui  digna  [conspicere]  te  sic  [reversum]  ? 

(324.) 

Ego  ne  [scelesta]  sustineo  videre  te  positum  1 
Meae  ne  manus  [valebunt]  ungere  te,  [fili]  ? 

(325.) 

Incerti  domos  que  claudunt,  que  [strepunt.]  per  urbem, 
Hic  Illic  [paventes],  que  [moerent]  clam  palamque. 

(326.) 

Omnis  aetas  adest ;  que  senes,  que  juvenes  [dolent]. 
[Italae]  matres,  que  [Italae]  nurus. 

(327.) 

Caesar  laudasti  alumnum  et  [verbis]  et  lacrymls, 

Cum  medius  dolor  [interrumperet]  tristia  orsa. 

(328.) 

Que  [armati  milites]  celebrant  rogum  de  more, 

Et  [pedites]  que  [equites]  [reddunt]  exsequias  duci. 

(329.) 

Vocant  te  Iterumque  iterumque  [ultimo]  clamorS, 

Et  vox,  [repercussa]  adversis  collibus,  redit. 


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(330.) 

Ipse  pater  Tiberinus  inhorruit  undis , 

Et  nubilus  [erexit]  caput  amne. 

(331.) 

Andromache  fuit  hoc,  cum  [maritus]  religatus  ad  [cur 
rum]  ,  * 

[Sanguine  foedatus]  terruit  equos. 

(332.) 

Ante  Jupiter  dedit  signa  cruenti  fati, 

Cum  petht  tria  templa  manu. 

(333.) 

Ipsa  placet,  [quamquam]  venerit  ore  [non  culto], 

Nec  compserit  nitidum  caput  arte. 

(334.) 

Cantus  [transfert]  fruges  ab  vicinis  agris ; 

Cantus  et  detinet  iter  anguis. 

(335.) 

Et  via,  quse  ducit  populum  ad  [templum]  Junonis, 

Ubi  fons  [verberat]  aera  aquis . 

(336.) 

Animus,  trepidans  [nullo  metu]  servans  pacem, 

Non  timet  crimina  desidiai. 

(337.)  < 

Tua  carmina  sunt  suffusa  veneno, 

Et  pectora  sunt  [nigriora]  carminibus. 

(338.) 

Ecce  voces  [virorum],  que  .strepitus  viarum,  tacent, 

Et  cantus  volucrum,  que  turba  canum. 

(339.) 

Requiro  te  oculis  [dum  vigilo]  te  animo  [noctu] 

Cum  mea  membra  jacent  toro. 

(340.) 

Amarylli,  nolo  tuas  nuces,  nec  pruna ; 

Corydon  putet  hlec  magna  munera. 


END  OF  PART  I. 


* 


'f. 


PART  II. 


STEPS 

TO 


SENSE-VERSES. 


I 


PRELIMINARY  REMARKS 


ON 

PART  II. 


1 .  The  Latin  lines  are  here  given  after  the  English,  in 
the  order  of  the  verse,  but  in  ungrammatical  form.  The 
pupil,  therefore,  has  merely  to  convert  the  ungrammatical 
into  grammatical  Latin,  and  will  discover  when  he  has 
succeeded  in  this  by  the  scanning  of  the  line. 

2.  The  Hexameters  and  Pentameters  are  given  in  alter¬ 
nate  order. 

3.  The  words  enclosed  within  [  ]  are  not  to  be  rendered 
into  Latin.  It  does  not  follow,  however,  as  will  readily  be 
perceived,  that  every  word  not  so  enclosed  is  to  be  ex¬ 
pressed  by  a  correspondent  word  in  Latin.  Frequently  a 
pronoun  is  comprehended  in  the  verb  ;  a  preposition  in  the 
case  of  the  noun ,  <S?c. 


PART  II. 


STEPS  TO  SENSE-VERSES. 


Hexameters  and  Pentameters  alternately. 

(1.) 

How  soon  the  earth  loses  [its1]  purple  hues  ! 

How  soon  the  white  poplar-tree  [its]  beautiful  leaves  ! 

Quam  cito  purpureus  deperdo  terra  color ! 

Quam  cito  formosus  populus  albus  coma ! 

(2.) 

The  sailor  tells  of  winds ,  the  ploughman  of  bulls , 

The  soldier  reckons  up  [his]  wounds ,  the  shepherd  [his] 
sheep . 

.Navita  de  ventus,  de  taurus  narro  arator, 

Enumero  miles  vulnus,  pastor  ovis. 

(3-) 

Garments  will  be  torn ,  jewels  and  gold  will  be  broken  : 

The  fame  ichich  verses  shall  give  will  be  everlasting 

Scindo  vestis,  gemma  frango  et  aurum : 

Carmen  qui  tribuo,  fama  perennis  sum. 

(4.) 

Chiefly  beware  of  quarrels  excited  by  wine , 

And  hands  too  ready  for  fierce  wars . 

Jurgium  praecipue,  vinum  stimulatus,  caveo, 

Et  nimium  facilis  ad  ferus  bellum  manus. 


J .  The  words  in  brackets  are  not  Latinized. 

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(5.) 

Neither  do  the  furrows  always  restore  with  usury  [the  seeds] 
committed  unto  [them], 

Nor  does  the  breeze  always  assist  the  ships  in  danger. 


Creditus  nec  semper  sulcus  cum  fbenus  reddo  : 

Nec  semper  dubius  adjuvo  aura  ratis. 

(6.) 

Even  now  be  mindful  of  old  age  about  to  approach , 
So  shall  no  time  pass  away  from  you  unprof  tably. 


Venturus  memor  jam  nunc  sum1  senecta: 

Sic  nullus  tu  tempus  abeo  iners. 

(7.) 

Neither  entertain  hope  of  concealment  [when]  preparing  to  sin: 
There  is  a  God ,  who  forbids  frauds  to  be  hidden. 


Nec  tu2  celo3  spes  sum  pecco  parans, 

Sum  Deus,  occultus  qui  veto  sum  dolus. 

(8.) 

I  have  seen  him  [who  was]  formerly  young ,  when  a  later 
age  was  oppressing  [him], 

Grieving  that  [his]  days  had  passed  foolishly. 

Video  ego  jam  juvenis,  premo  cum  serus  aetas, 

Mcereo  stultus  praetereo  dies. 

(9.) 

He  had  both  a  faithful  band ,  and  faithful  companions  ; 

My  companions  have  deserted  me  an  exile. 

He  was  seeking  his  own  country ,  joyful  and  a  conqueror ; 

I  conquered ,  and,  an  exile,  fly  from  [my]  country. 

Ille  habeo  fidusque  manus  sociusque  fidelis  : 

Ego  profugus  comes  desero  meus. 

Ille  suus  laetus  patria  victorque  peto : 

A  patria  fugio  vinco  et  exsul  ego. 


1.  In  the  plural. 


2.  Sum  with  the  dative. 


3.  Gerund. 


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(10.) 

There  teas  once  on  a  time  a  goose  ( so  the  fable  of  the  ancients 
tells), 

Which  brought  forth  golden  eggs  to  her  mistress. 

O  happy  mistress,  and  most  beautiful  bird  !  certainly 
From  thy  eggs  all  [things]  can  come. 

Anser  sum  quondam  (vetus  sic  fabula  narro), 

Aureus  qui  domina  profero  ovum  suus. 

O  felix  domina,  atque  ales  pulcher !  certe 
Ex  ovum  possum  cunctus  venio  tuus. 

(no 

Gellia,  when  she  is  alone,  does  not  mourn  [for  her]  lost  father ; 

If  any  one  is  present,  tears  gush  forth,  [being  so]  ordered. 
He  does  not  grieve ,  Gellia,  whoever  wishes  to  be  praised ; 

He  truly  grieves ,  who  grieves  without  a  witness. 

Amitto  non  fleo,  cum  solus  sum  Gellia,  pater ; 

Si  quis  adsum,  jubeo  prosilio  lacryma. 

Non  doleo  hic,  quisquis  laudo,  Gellia,  quaero ; 

Ille  doleo  vere,  qui  sine  testis  doleo. 

(12.) 

O  light  sleep,  although  [thou  art]  the  most  certain  image  of 
death, 

Yet  I  wish  thee  to  be  the  partner  of  [my]  bed. 

Kind  rest,  wished  for,  come ;  for  thus  without  life 
To  live,  how  sweet  is  it !  thus  without  death  to  die. 

Somnus  levis,  quanquam  certus  mors  imago, 

Consors  cupio  tu  tamen  sum  torus. 

Almus  quies,  optatus,  venio  :  nam  sic  sine  vita 
Vivo,  quam  suavis  sum !  sic  sine  mors  morior. 

(13.) 

Aeon  [is  blind  of  his]  right  eye,  Leonilla  is  blind  of  her  left , 
And  either  [of  them]  is  able  to  surpass  the  gods  in  beauty. 
Little  boy,  grant  the  eye  which  you  have  to  [your]  sister : 

So  [shall]  you  [be]  blind  Love ;  so  shall  she  be  Venus. 


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Lumen  Aeon  dexter,  captus  sum  Leonilla  sinister, 

Et  potis  sum  forma  vinco  uterque  deus. 

Parvus  puer,  lumen  qui  habeo  concedo  soror  ; 

Sic  tu  caecus  Amor,  sic  sum  ille  Venus. 

(14.) 

If  at  any  time  you  send  me  a  hare ,  Gellia ,  you  say , 

For  seven  days ,  Marcus ,  you  will  be  handsome. 

If  you  do  not  jeer ;  if  my  darling ,  you  tell  the  truth  ; 

You  never  have  eaten  a  hare,  Gellia. 

Si  quando  lepus  mitto  ego,  Gellia,  dico, 

Formo  sus  septem,  Marcus,  dies1  sum. 

Si  non  derideo,  si  verum,  lux  meus,  narro ; 

Edo  nunquam,  Gellia,  tu  lepus. 

(15.) 

You  are  wont  often  to  ask,  Priscus,  what  kind  [of  person]  J 
shall  be, 

If  on  a  sudden  I  be  made  rich ,  and  be  'powerful . 

Bo  you  think  that  any  one  can  tell  his  future  character  ? 

Tell  me,  if  you  become  a  lion ,  what  kind  of  one  will  you  be  ? 

Saepe  rogo  soleo  qualis  sum,  Priscus,  futurus, 

Si  fio  locuples,  sumque  repente  potens. 

Quis  quam  possum  puto  mos2  narro  futurus  ? 

Dico  ego,  si  fio  tu  leo,  qualis  sum  ? 

(16.) 

We  gave  credit  to  flattering  words,  of  which  you  have  plenty. 

We  gave  credit  to  [your]  family,  and  your  titles  : 

We  gave  credit  to  [your]  tears  :  are  these  also  taught  to  feign  ? 
Have  these  also  [their]  arts  ?  and  do  they  floio  where  they 
are  ordered  ? 

Credo  blandus,  qui  sum  tu3  copia,  verbum : 

Credo  genus  norpenque  tuus  : 

Credo  lacryma :  an  et  hic  simulq  doceo  ? 

Hic  quoque  habeo  ars,  quaque  jubeo  eo  ? 

1.  Ablative.  2.  Plural.  3.  Sum  with  the  dative. 


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(17.) 

Tisiphone,  [as]  bridemaid,  howled  in  that  bedchamber , 

And  the  solitary  bird  sang  a  mournful  song. 

Alecto  was  present,  wearing  a  wreath  of  short  snakes, 

And  the  light  was  shed  [from]  a  sepulchral  torch. 

Pronuba  Tisiphone  thalamus1  ululo  in  ille, 

Et  cano  moestus  devius  carmen  avis. 

Adsum  Alecto,  brevis  torquatus  coluber  ;2 
Sumque  sepulcralis  lumen3  motus  fax. 

(18.) 

She ,  nor  do  I  envy  [her],  enjoys  a  better  husband , 

And  sits  aloft  on 4  haltered  tigers  ; 

But  the  despised  Thracians  avoid  my  marriage, 

Because  I  am  said  to  have  preferred  a  foreigner  to  my 
own  [countrymen]. 

Ille,  nec  invideo,  fruor  bonus  maritus  ; 

Inque  capistratus  tigris  altus  sedeo. 

At  meus  despectus  fugio  connubium5  Thrax, 

Quod  feror6  externus  preepono  meus. 

(19.) 

But  Venus  promised  this :  and,  in  the  valleys  of  lofty  Ida, 
Three  goddesses  exhibited  themselves  nude  to  you. 

And  when  one  offered  to  give  a  kingdom,  the  other  military 
glory, 

The  third  said,  You  shall  be  the  husband  of  the  daughter  of 
Tyndarus. 

At  Venus  hic  paciscor :  et,  in  altus  vallis  Ida, 

Tres  tu  sui  nudus  exhibeo  dea. 

Unusque  cum  regnum,  bellum  do7  alter  laus, 

Tyndaris  conjux,  tertius  dico,  sum. 


1.  Plural.  2.  Ablative.  3.  Plural.  4.  In  with  the  ablative. 

5.  Plural. — Avoid  a  marriage  with  me.  6.  Subjunctive. 

7.  Imperfect  subjunctive. 

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(2°.) 

Immediately  writing  these  [things],  I  said ,  Go,  happy  letter ; 

Soon  she  will  stretch  forth  to  you  [her]  beautiful  hand. 
Perhaps  [you]  will  even  be  touched  by  [her]  applied  lips , 
While  [she]  wishes  to  break  [your]  chains  [with  her] 
snow-white  tooth. 

Protenus  hic  scribo,  Felix,  eo,  litera,  dico; 

Jam  tu  formosus  porrigo  ille  manus. 

Forsitan  admotus  etiam  tango  labellum ; 

Rumpo  dum  niveus  vinculum  dens  volo.1 

(21.) 

There  is  a  grove,  dark  with  both  pitch-trees  and  the  boughs 
of  the  holm-oak : 

Scarcely  is  it  allowed  to  the  rays  of  the  sun  to  approach 
thither. 

There  are  in  it,  and  had  been  for  a  long  time ,  shrines  of 
Diana ; 

The  goddess  stands  made  of  gold  by  a  barbarian  hand. 

Sum  nemus,  et  piceus,  et  frons  ilex  ater ; 

Vix  illuc  radius  sol  adeo  licet. 

Sum  in  is,  sumque  diu,  delubrum  Diana ; 

Aureus  barbaricus  sto  dea  factus  manus. 

(22.) 

It  is  certainly  lawful  [for  me]  to  weep :  by  weeping  we  dis¬ 
charge  [our]  anger, 

And  tears  fow  down  [my]  bosom  like  a  river. 

These  alone  I  always  have ,  and  always  shed  forth  , 

[My]  unadorned  cheeks  are  wet  with  a  continual  shower . 

Fleo  licet  certe  :  fleo  diffundo  ira  : 

Perque  sinus  lacryma,  flumen  instar,  eo. 

Hic  solus  habeo  semper,  semperque  profundo  : 

Humeo  incultus  fons  perennis  gena. 


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(23.) 

When  the  chaste  Arria  delivered  to  her  Pceius  the  sword 
Which  she  herself  had  drawn  out  of  her  own  bowels, 

She  said ,  If  [there  is]  any  credit  [to  be  given  to  me],  the 
wound  which  I  have  made  does  not  pain  [me]. 

But  that  pains  me,  Pcetus,  which  you  will  make. 

Castus  suus  gladius  cum  trado  Arria  Paetus, 

Qui  de  viscera  traho  ipse  suus, 

Si  quis  fides,  vulnus,  qui  facio,  non  doleo,  inquam : 

Sed  qui  tu  facio,  hic  ego,  Paetus,  doleo. 

(24.) 

[There]  stands  an  ancient  wood,  and  [one]  unlopped  for 
many  years ; 

It  is  believed  that  a  deity  is  in  that  place. 

[There  is]  a  sacred  fountain  in  the  middle,  and  a  little  grotto 
arched  with  pumice  stone , 

And  from  every  side  the  birds  complain  sweetly. 

Sto  vetus,  et  multus  incaeduus  silva  per  annus  : 

Credibilis  sum  ille  numen  insum  locus. 

Fons  sacer  in  medius,  speluncaque  pumex  pendeo  j1 
Et  latus  ex  omnis  dulce  queror  avis. 

(25.) 

If  I  remember  [right],  Mlia ,  you  had  four  teeth  : 

One  cough  spat  out  two,  and  another  [cough]  two  [more]. 
Now  you  can  cough  securely  whole  days  ; 

A  third  cough  has  nothing  of  the  same  sort  which  it  can 
drive  out. 

Si  memini,  sum2  tu  quatuor,  iElia,  dens  ; 

Exspuo  unus  duo  tussis,  et  unus  duo. 

Jam  securus  possum  totus  tussio  dies  ;3 
Nil  istic,  qui  ago,4  tertius  tussis  habeo. 


1.  Present  participle  active. 

2.  Pluperfect,  with  the  dative. 

3.  Ablative. 


4.  Potential  mood 


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(26.) 

The  huntsman  knows  well  where  he  may  stretch  [his]  nets  for 
the  slags, 

He  knows  well  [in]  what  valley  the  foaming  hoar  tarries. 
The  shruhs  [are]  known  to  fowlers  :  [he]  who  holds  the  fish¬ 
hooks 

Knows  what  waters  are  swum  ly  much  fish.1 

Scio  bene  venator,  cervus  ubi  rete  tendo  : 

Scio  bene,  qui  frendo  vallis  moror  aper. 

Auceps  notus  frutex.  Qui  sustineo  hamus, 

Novi,  qui  multus  piscis  nato  aqua. 

(27.) 

I  have  seen  [him]  who  had  laughed  at  the  shipwrecked 
[mariner]  overwhelmed  in  the  sea , 

And  never ,  said  I,  was  the  wave  jusler. 

[He],  who  had  formerly  denied  to  the  wretched  vile  offals , 
Now  himself  is  fed  hy  meats  [that  he  has]  hegged. 

Video  ego,  navifragus  qui  rideo,  sequor  mergo  :2 

Et,  Nunquam,  dico,  justus  unda  sum  : 

Vilis  qui  quondam  miser  alimentum  nego, 

Nunc  mendicatus  pasco  ipse  cibus. 

(28.) 

[An  old  man]  grievously  oppressed  with  cares,  and  a  wretch¬ 
ed  old  age , 

Says,  My  misfortunes  are  to  he  alleviated  hy  death  alone. 

O  death,  the  most  grateful  of  [all]  things  wished  for,  come  to 
me  ! 

Death  comes ;  and  the  old  man  says  thus,  with  tremhling 
mouth : 

•  r  '  * 

I  confess,  we  and  ours  are  due  to  thee  ;  hut,  O  death, 

If  it  pleases  [thee],  I  would  wish  to  he  farther  a  debtor . 


1.  I.  e.,  where  many  fish  swim. — Singular  number. 

2.  Present  infinitive. 


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iErumna  graviter  premo  miserque  senecta, 

Solus,  inquam,  meus  sum  mors  levandus  malum 
Exoptatus  venio  ego  mors  gratus  res ! 

Mors  venio,  et  tremulus  sic  aio  os  senex : 

Debeo,  fateor,  tu  ego  et  noster  ;l  sed,  O  Mors, 

Si  placeo,  ulterius  debitor  sum  volo. 

(29.) 

The  Samian  scholars  were  silent  for  five  years , 

So  the  venerable  law  of  the  rigid  old  man  commanded. 

In  the  mean  time ,  they  imbibed  the  precepts  of  a  learned  master , 
And  in  silence  applied  to  their  studies. 

Hence  the  glory  of  the  Italian  sect  rose  so  greatly , 

Because  they  then  began  to  speak,  when  they  were  wise. 

Discipulus  quini  Samius  sileo  per  annus, 

Sic  jubeo  rigidus  lex  venerandus  senex. 

Interea  haurio  doctus  praeceptum  magister, 

Et  tacitus  studium  incumbo  suus. 

Hinc  tantum  Italicus  surgo  gloria  secta, 

Quod  tum  coepi,  cum  sapio,  loquor. 

(30.) 

What  sea  hath  not  known,  what  land  knows  not  Arion  ? 

He  checked  running  waters  by  [his]  verse. 

Often,  [when]  following  the  lamb,  the  wolf  was  held  back  by 
that  strain. 

Often  the  lamb  has  stopped  [when]  flying  [from]  the  greedy 
wolf: 

Often  have  the  dogs  and  hares  lain  under  one  shade ; 

And  the  hind  has  stood  near  to  the  hostile  lioness. 

Quis  mare  non  novi,  quis  nescio  Arion  tellus  ? 

Carmen  curro  ille  teneo  aqua. 

Saepe,  sequor  agna,  lupus  sum  hic  vox  retentus  : 

Saepe  avidus  fugio  resto  agna  lupus  : 

Saepe  canis  lepusque  umbra  cumbo  sub  unus  ; 

Et  sto  infestus  proximus  cerva  lea. 


1.  Neuter  plural. 


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(31.) 

The  name  of  Arion  had  filled  the  Sicilian  cities, 

And  the  Ausonian  shore  was  captivated  with  the  sounds  of 
the  lyre. 

Seeking  again  [his]  home  from  hence ,  Arion  went  on  hoard  a 
ship, 

And  thus  was  carrying  [his]  wealth  acquired  hy  [his]  art. 
Perhaps,  unhappy  [man],  you  were  afraid  of  the  winds  and 
waves ; 

But  the  sea  was  safer  for  you  than  your  ship. 

Nomen  Arlonius  Siculus  impleo  urbs, 

Captusque  sum  lyricus  Ausonis  ora  sonus. 

Inde  domus  repeto,  puppis  conscendo  Arion, 

Atque  ita  quaesitus  ars  fero  opes. 

Forsitan,  infelix,  ventus  undaque  timeo  ; 

At  tu  navis  tuus  tutus  aequor  sum. 

(32.) 

I  saw  lately  a  horse,  restiff  against  his  chains, 

Go  like  lightning  [with]  reluctant  mouth. 

[But  he]  stopped  as  soon  as  he  perceived  the  reins  given  up 
[to  him], 

And  the  hridle  to  lie  loose  on  [his]  flowing  mane. 

We  always  strive  for  [what  is]  forbidden,  and  desire  [things] 
denied  : 

Thus  the  sick  [man]  eagerly  desires  the  forbidden  waters. 

Video  ego  nuper  equus,  contra  suus  vinclum  tenax, 

Os  reluctans  fulmen  eo  modus. 

Consisto,  ut  primum  concessus  sentio  habenae, 

Traenumque  in  effusus  laxus  jaceo  juba. 

Nitor  in  vetitus  semper,  cupioque  negatus ; 

Sic  interdictus  immineo  aeger  aqua.2 

(33.) 

When  Porcia  had  heard  the  fate  of  [her]  husband  Brutus , 
And  [her]  grief  was  seeking  for  arms  removed  from  her , 


1.  Plural. 


2.  Dative. 


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Do  ye  not  yet  know ,  says  [she],  that  death  can  not  be  denied  ? 
I  had  thought  that  [my]  father  had  sufficiently  taught  you 
this. 

[She]  said ,  and  with  greedy  mouth  swallowed  burning  embers. 
Go  now,  [ye]  troublesome  crowd,  and  refuse  [me]  a  sword. 

Conjux  audio  fatum  cum  Porcia  Brutus, 

Et  subtractus  sui  quaero  arma  dolor, 

Nondum  scio,  aio,  mors  non  possum  nego  ? 

Credo  satis  hic  tu  doceo  pater. 

Dico,  et  ardens  avidus  bibo  os  favilla. 

Eo  nunc,  et  ferrum,  turba  molestus,  nego. 

(34.) 

Under  a  sunny  hill  a  grove,  very  thick  ivith  holm-oak , 

Stood,  and  many  a  bird  lurked  in  the  branches. 

A  plain  was  extended  under  it,  most  green  [with]  a  grassy 
meadow, 

Moist  ivith  the  drops  of  gently -sounding  water. 

I  shunned  the  heat  under  the  leaves  of  the  trees , 

But  [even]  under  the  leaf  of  the  tree  [there]  yet  was  heat. 

Collis  sub  apricus  celeber  ilex  lucus 
Sto  ;  et  in  ramus  multus  lateo  avis, 

Area  gramineus  subsum  viridis  pratum, 

Uvidus  de  gutta  lene  sonans  aqua. 

Ipse  sub  arboreus  vito  frons  aestus  ; 

Frons  sub  arboreus  sed  tamen  aestus  sum. 

•  (85.) 

Every  one,  namely,  is  fond  of  his  own  pursuits , 

And  it  is  pleasant  to  spend  the  time  in  [one’s]  accustomed 
art. 

The  wounded  gladiator  abjures  the  fight ;  and  the  same  [man], 
Forgetful  of  [his]  old  wound,  takes  arms. 

The  shipwrecked  [mariner]  says  that  he  will  have  nothing  [to 
do]1  with  the  waves  of  the  sea, 

I.  That  there  will  be  nothing  to  him  with,  &c. 


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9 

And  [yet]  plies  [his]  oars  in  the  vjater ,  in  which  he  has 
just  now  swum. 

Scilicet  sum  cupidus  studium  quisque  suus ; 

Tempus  et  adsuetus  pono  in  ars  juvo. 

Saucius  ejuro  pugna  gladiator ;  et  idem, 

Immemor  antiquus  vulnus,  arma  capio. 

Nil  sui  cum  pelagus  dico  fore  naufragus  imda ; 

Mox  duco  remus,  qui  modo  no,  aqua. 

(36.) 

In  time  the  stubborn  bulls  come  to  the  ploughs  ; 

In  time  the  horses  are  taught  to  suffer  the  retarding  bits ; 
The  iron  ring  is  consumed  by  constant  use ; 

The  crooked  ploughshare  is  worn  down  by  the  constant 
[friction  of  the]  ground. 

What  is  more  hard  than  a  stone  ?  what  softer  than  water  1 
Yet  the  hard  stones  are  made  hollow  by  the  soft  water. 

V>  ' 

Tempus  difficilis  venio  ad  aratrum  juvencus  ; 

Tempus  lentus  patior  frenum  doceo  equus  : 

Ferreus  assiduus  consumo  annulus  usus  ; 

Intereo  assiduus  vomer  aduncus  humus. 

Quis  magis  est  saxum  durus  ?  quis  mollis  unda  ? 

Durus  tamen  mollis  saxum  cavo  aqua. 

(37;) 

I  have  frequently  drunk  bitter  juices,  though  unwillingly  j 
[When]  sick,  and  the  feast  [has  been]  denied  to  my  en¬ 
treaty* 

That  you  may  cure  the  body ,  you  will  endure  fire  and  sword , 
Nor  will  you ,  [though]  thirsty ,  relieve  your  parched 
mouth  with  water. 

Will  you  refuse  to  bear  any  thing ,  that  you  may  be  well  in 
mind  ? 

But  this  part  is  of  greater  value*  3  than  the  body. 


1.  By  an  adjective. 

3,  Has  a  greater  value. 


2.  By  a  participle. 


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Saepe  bibo  succus,  quamvis  invitus,  amarus 
iEger  ;  et  orans  mensa  negatus  ego. 

Ut  corpus  redimo,  ferrum  patior  et  ignis ; 

Aridus  nec  sitiens  os  levo  aqua. 

Ut  valeo  animus,  quisquam  tolero  nego  1 
At  pretium  pars  hic  corpus  magnus  habeo. 

(38.) 

Neither  do  the  violets  nor  the  gaping  lilies  always  flourish ; 

And  the  deserted  thorn  grows  stiff ,  the  rose  being  lost. 

And  soon  hoary  hairs  will  come  to  you ,  O  beautiful  [boy], 
Soon  wrinkles  will  come  to  furrow  up1  your  body  ;2 
Now  cultivate  an  understanding ,  which  may  last ,  and  add 
[that]  to  [your]  beauty , 

That  alone  remains  to  [your]  dying  day.3 

Nec  viola  semper,  nec  hians  lilium  floreo  ; 

Et  rigeo  amissus  spina  relictus  rosa. 

Et  tu  jam  canus  venio,  formosus,  capillus  : 

Jam  venio  ruga,  qui  tu  corpus  aro. 

Jam  molior  animus,  qui  duro,  et  adstruo  forma: 

Solus  ad  extremus  permaneo  ille  rogus. 

(39.) 

As  yellow  gold ,  namely ,  is  tried  in  the  fires, 

So  in  hard  times  is  fidelity  to  be  proved. 

While  fortune  helps  [us] ,  and  smiles  with  a  serene  counte¬ 
nance , 

All  things  follow  undiminished  wealth. 

But  as  soon  as  it  has  thundered ,  they  flee,  nor  is  he  known  by 
any  one, 

Who  was  just  now  surrounded  by  crowds  of  companions. 

Scilicet  ut  fulvus  specto  in  ignis  aurum, 

Tempus4  sic  durus  sum  inspiciendus  fides. 

1.  Relative  and  subjunctive.  2.  The  body  to  thee. 

3.  Your  last  funeral  pile. — Plural  number. 

4  Singular  number. 

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Dum  juvo,  et  vultus  rideo  Fortuna  serenus, 

Indelibatus  cunctus  sequor  opes. 

At  simul  intono,  fugio  ;  nec  nosco  ullus,1 
Agmen  comes  qui  modo  cinctus  sum. 

(4°-) 

[This]  fragment,  which  [you]  think  a  vile  and  useless  [piece 
of]  wood , 

This  was  the  first  keel  on  the  unknown  sea  : 

Which  neither  the  Cyanean  storms  formerly  were  able 
To  break ,  nor  the  fiercer  anger  of  the  Scythian  sea. 

Ages  have  conquered  [it]  ;  but ,  although  it  has  yielded  to  years , 
[This]  little  plank  is  more  sacred  than  a  whole  ship. 

Fragmentum,  qui  vilis  puto  et  inutilis  lignum, 

Hic2  sum  ignotus  primus  carina  mare  :3 
Qui  nec  Cyaneus  quondam  possum  ruina 
Frango,  nec  Scythicus  tristis  ira  fretum. 

Seculum  vinco  ;  sed  quamvis  cedo  annus, 

Sanctus  sum  salvus  parvus  tabella  ratis. 

(41.) 

Weary  with  years  and  a  heavy  disease ,  [I],  a  most  gentle  cat , 
At  length  am  compelled  to  approach  the  infernal  lakes : 
And  Proserpina ,  smiling  upon  me ,  said ,  Possess 
Elysian  suns  and  the  Elysian  grove. 

But  I  [answered],  If  I  have  pleased  [you]  gracious  queen 
of  the  silent  [shades], 

Grant  to  me,  at  least  for  one  night,  to  return  home  : 

[For  one]  night  to  return  home ,  and  to  say  these  [words]  to 
[my]  master  in  [his]  ear, 

Even  on  the  farther  side  of  the  Styx  thy  faithful  cat  loves 
thee. 

Fessus  annus  morbusque  gravis,  mitis  felis, 

Infernus  tandem  cogor  adeo  lacus. 

Et  ego  subrideo  Proserpina  dico,  Habeo 
Elysius  sol,  Elysiusque  nemus. 


1.  Dative. 


2.  Feminine. 


3.  Genitive. 


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Ast  ego :  Si  placeo,  facilis  regina  sileng, 

Do  saltern  unus  nox  redeo  domus : 

Nox  redeo  domus,  dbminusque  hic  dico  in  auris, 

Tu  tuus  fidus  etiam  trans  Styx1  felis  amo. 

(42.)  ■ 

A  cunning  thief,  having  broken  open  [your]  chest ,  shall  carry 
away  [your]  money ; 

The  impious  fame  shall  prostrate  [your]  paternal  house¬ 
hold  gods ; 

[Your]  debtor  shall  deny  interest  as  well  as  principal ; 

The  barren  crop  shall  not  restore  the  seeds  [that  were] 
scattered ; 

A  deceitful  rustic  shall  plunder  [your]  steward ; 

The  sea  shall  overwhelm  [your]  ships  laden  with  merchan¬ 
dise  : 

Whatsoever  is  given  to  friends  is  beyond  [the  power  of] 

[You]  shall  always  possess  [that]  wealth  alone,  which  you 
shall  have  given  away 

9  --  '  ■  ’  , 

Callidus  effractus  nummus  fur  aufero  arca  :a 

e  j 

Prosterno  patrius  impius  flamma  Lar. 

Debitor  usura  pariter,  sorsque  nego  : 

Non  reddo  sterilis  semen  jactus  seges. 

Dispensator  fallax  spolio  agrestis  : 

Merx3  exstructus  obruo  unda  ratis. 

Extra  fortuna  sum,  quisquis  dono  amicus : 

Qui  do,  solus  semper  habeo  opes. 

/  (43.) 

While  a  huge  ox  is  walking  in  the  grassy  fields, 

By  chance 4  he  crushed  with  [his]  hoof  the  young  ones  of 
a  frog  on  the  ground. 

And  as  soon  as  the  injury  was  reported  to  the  sad  mother, 

A  revenger,  she  rages  through  love  of  [her]  crushed  off¬ 
spring. 


1.  Greek  accusative  2.  Ablative  absolute.  3.  Plural.  4.  Nom. 


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On  a  sudden,  a  rival  of  the  ox,  she  swells  into  an  immoderate 
bulk,1 

And,  puffed  up,  asks,  Was  the  beast  so  great  ? 

[Her]  daughter  [says],  Spare  [yourself],  I  pray :  although 
you  burst  your  flanks,  it  is  nothing  ; 

This  bulk  suits  a  frog,  that  an  ox. 

Gramineus  ingens  dum  bos  spatior  in  ager, 

Fors,  rana  pullus  calx  premo  humus. 

Utque  sum  ad  tristis  delatus  injuria  mater, 

Vindex  elisus  proles  amor  furo. 

Turgeo  in  immodicus  subito  bos  eemulus  venter, 

Et  tumefacio  rogo,  Bellua  tantus  sum  ? 

Filia,  Parco,  precor ;  rumpo2  licet  ile,  nil  sum  ; 

Hic  rana3  moles  convenio,  ille  bos. 

(44.) 

[There]  is  near  the  purple  hills  of  the  flowery  Hymettus 
A  sacred  fountain,  arid  the  ground  [is]  soft  with  green  turf ; 
A  wood,  not  [very]  lofty,  forms  a  grove  :  the  arbuie-tree  cov¬ 
ers  the  grass  : 

Rosemary  and  bays,  and  the  dark  myrtle ,  send  forth  their 
fragrance. 

Nor  [are]  the  box-trees,  thick  with  leaves,  nor  the  brittle  tam¬ 
arisks, 

Nor  the  slender  cytisus es,  or  art  [thou],  cultivated  pine , 
absent. 

Agitated  by  the  gentle  Zephyrs  and  the  salubrious  air, 

The  leaves  of  so  many  [different]  kinds  of  [trees],  and  the 
tops  of  the  grass  tremble. 

[This  was]  a  pleasant  resting-place  to  Cephalus :  having  left 
his  servants  and  dogs, 

The  youth  frequently  sat  down,  [when]  wearied,  on  this 
ground. 

Sum  prope  purpureus  collis  florens  Hymettus 
Fons  sacer,  et  viridis  cespes  mollis  humus; 


X.  Literally,  “belly.” 


2.  Subjunctive. 


3.  Dative. 


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Silva  nemus  non  altus  facio  :  tego  arbutus  herba : 

Hos  mare,  et  laurus,  nigerque  myrtus  oleo 
Nec  densus  folium  buxus,  fragilisque  myrica, 

Nec  tenuis  cytisus,  cultusve  pinus,  absum. 

Lenis  impulsus  Zephyrus,  auraque  salubris, 

Tot  genus  frons,  herbaque  summus,  tremo. 

Gratus  quies  Cephalus  :  famulus  canisque  relictus, 

Lassus  in  hic  juvenis  saepe  resideo  humus. 

(4:5.) 

Where  a  hardy  race  of  men  looks  up  to  the  North  Pole  on  high , 
And  [thou],  pale  Phoebus,  dost  wheel  thy  beam  turned  away; 
Long  tracts  of  fame  are  scattered  in  the  air , 

Through  the  night ,  and  mark  all  things  with  a  trembling 
light. 

The  Rainbow  does  not  paint  the  heavy  cloud  more  beautifully ,l 
Nor  does  the  vernal  countenance  of  the  Morning  blush 
more  joyfully . 

Here  the  winding  flame  leaves  with  many  a  fold,2 
Here  it  cleaves  its  rapid  way  with  a  sharp  point. 

These  sights  of  the  shining  night,  [thou],  Nature,  dost  prepare, 
That  they  may  compensate  the  irksomeness  of  the  delay  of 
the  sun.3 

Qua  gens  durus  vir  sublimis  suspicio  Arctos, 

Aversusque  roto,  pallidus  Phoebus,  jubar  ; 

Flamma  longus  spargo  in  aether  tractus 
Per  nox,  et  tremulus  lumen  cunctus  noto. 

Non  gravidus  pingo  nubes  formosus  Iris, 

Vernus  nec  Aurora  laete  os4 5  rubeo. 

Fluctuo  hic  dubius  sinuosus  volumen  flamma, 

Hic  rapidus  argutus  cuspis  findo  iter. 

Hic,  Natura,  paro  nitidus  spectaculum  nox, 

Phoebeus  ut  penso  taedium6  longus  mora. 

1.  Adjective.  2.  Literally,  “with  doubtful  (i.  e.,  varied)  fold.’* 

3.  Literally,  “  of  Phcebean  delay.”  4.  Plural. 

5.  Plural. — Longus  agrees  with  tcedium. 

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(46.) 

Behold,  the  branches  bent  down  by  the  weight  of  the  apples , 

So  that  the  tree  can  scarcely  bear  the  burden  which  itself 
produced . 

Behold  the  rivulets  gliding  with  a  pleasing  murmur , 

Behold  the  sheep  cropping  the  fertile  grass  : 

Behold,  the  she-goats  seek  the  rocks  and  the  abrupt  precipices : 

Soon  they  will  bring  back  [their]  full  udders  to  their  kids. 
The  shepherd  plays  a  tune  on  unequal  reeds, 

Nor  are  [his]  attendant  dogs,  a  careful  band,  absent. 

In  one  side  the  lofty  woods  resound  with  the  lowings  [of  cattle], 
And  the  mother  complains  of  the  absence  of  her  calf 

Adspicio  curvatus  pomum  pondus  ramus  ; 

Ut  suus,  qui  pario,  vix  fero  arbor  onus. 

Adspicio  jucundus  labens  murmur  rivus  : 

Adspicio  tondens  fertilis  gramen  ovis. 

Ecce,  peto  rupis,  prseruptusque  saxum,  capella ; 

Jam  refero  haedus  uber  plenus  suus. 

Pastor  inaequalis  modulor  arundo1  carmen  : 

Nec  desum  comes,  sedulus  turba,  canis. 

Pars  sono  alius  silva  mugitus  altus, 

Et  queror  vitulus  mater  absum2  suus. 

(47.) 

When  the  whole  ox  costs  you  so  much  gold, 

I  would  wish3  to  know,  butchers ,  whence  the  gain  may  fow. 
The  entrails  bring  their  price,  and  the  hide,  and  the  head, 
And  the  two  horns  which  shine  in  the  curled  forehead. 
Besides,  various  parts  are  made  of  the  body  : 

The  back,  the  shoulders,  the  loins,  the  breast ,  the  legs,  the 
feet ; 

And  hence  every  part  goes  into  its  own  particles. 

Hence  the  general  [has]  his  dinners,  hence  the  soldier  has 
his : 


1.  Singular. 


2.  Infinitive. 


3.  Velim. 


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Hence ,  a  little  supper ,  the  cost  of  a  farthing ,  is  brought  to 
me  :  our 

Cook ,  alas  me!  will  always  divide  the  particles. 

Cum  tantus  tu1  consto2  bos  integer  aurum, 

Scio  volo,  lanius,  profluo  unde  lucrum. 

Exta  suus  apporto  pretium,  coriumque,  caputque, 

Einique  qui  crispus  cornu  frons  mico ; 

Praeterea  varius  fio  de  corpus  pars ; 

Tergum,3  humerus,  lumbus,  pectus,4  crus,  pes. 

Inque  suus  hinc  particula  pars  singulus5  migro ; 

Hinc  suus  prandium  dux,  hinc  suus  miles  habeo ; 

Hinc  obolus  pretiifm,  ego  fero  ccenula ;  noster, 

Hei  ego,  particula  divido  usque  coquus. 

(48.) 

The  unpolished  heir  of  a  very  rich  villa  is  sent , 

Where  the  Seine  plays  with  waters  now  peaceable ; 

That ,  while  he  surveys  the  various  manners  and  cities  of  menf 
His  heart,6  fashioned  again ,  may  unlearn  the  native  clay. 
But  what  has  he  returned  !  how  much  changed  from  him 
To  whom  the  oxen  were  lately  a  rural  care  ! 

Now,  a  well-known  tale  among  the  fashionable  crowd , 

He  shines  in  a  French  garment ,  he  chatters  Gallic  words. 
If  you  observe  [his]  garments  and  words ,  he  returns  a  cour¬ 
tier  ;  but  if 

You  regard  [his]  understanding ,  this  remains  Cory  don’s. 

Mitto  incultus  villa  praedives  haeres, 

Qua  jam  pacatus  Sequana  ludo  aqua : 

Ut,  varius  homo  mos  dum  lustro  et  urbs, 

Dedisco  patrius  cor  refictus  lutum. 

Sed  qualis  redeo,  quantum  muto  ab  ille, 

Rusticus  qui  nuper  cura  sum  bos  ! 

Nunc  inter  bellus  notissimus  fabula  turba, 

Vestis  niteo  Gallus,  Gallicus  verbum  crepo ; _ _____ 

1.  Dative.  2.  Subjunctive.  3.  Plural.  4.  Plural. 

5.  Singular,  agreeing  with  pars.  6.  Plural. 


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Si  vestis  et  verbum  noto,  redeo  aulicus ;  at  si 
Ingenium  specto,  hic  Corydon  habeo. 

(•!!'•) 

Crush  the  evil  seeds  of  a  sudden  disease  while  they  are  new , 
And  let  your  horse  refuse  to  proceed  [when]  beginning 
[his]  journey  ;l 

For  delay  gives  strength  :  delay  ripens  the  tender  grapes , 
And  makes  what  was  an  herb  [become]  strong  corn. 

The  tree  which  affords  a  broad  shade  to  [those]  walking 
[under  it], 

Was  [only]  a  twig  at  the  time  when  it  was  first  planted. 
Then  it  could  be  plucked  up  by  the  hands  [from]  the  surface 
of  the  earth ; 

Now  it  stands  immensely  increased  by  its  own  strength. 
Resist  the  [first]  beginnings :  the  medicine  is  prepared  too  late 
When  evils  have  grown  strong  through  long  delays. 

But  make  haste  ;  nor  put  yourself  off  to  the  hours  to  come  : 
[He]  who  is  not  [fit]  to-day ,  to-morrow  will  be  less  fit. 

Opprimo,  dum  novus  sum,  subitus  malus  semen  morbus, 

Et  tuus,  incipio  eo,  resisto  equus  ; 

Nam  mora  do  vis,2  tener  mora  percoquo  uva ; 

Et  validus  seges,  qui  sum  herba,  facio. 

Qui  prsebeo  latus  arbor  spatior  umbra, 

Qui  pono  primum  tempfis,  virga  sum. 

Tum  possum3  manus  summus  tellus  revello  ; 

Nunc  sto  in  immensus  vis4  auctus  suus. 

Principium  obsto.  Sero  medicina  paro, 

Cum  malum  per  longus  convaleo  mora 
Sed  propero :  nec  tu  venturus  differo  in  hora. 

Qui  non  sum  hodie,  cras  minus  aptus  sum. 

(50.) 

The  enemy ,  powerful  in  horse  and  the  far-flying  arrow , 
Widely  lays  waste  the  neighboring  ground. 


1.  Infinitive  of  eo. 


2.  Plural. 


3.  Imperfect.  4.  Plural. 


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Some  run  away  ;  and ,  while  none  defend  the  fields, 

The  unguarded  wealth  is  plundered  : 

The  little  wealth  of  the  country ,  cattle ,  and  creaking  wagons , 
And  the  riches  which  the  poor  inhabitant  possesses. 

Part  is  driven  [away]  captured ,  with  arms  bound  behind  back. 
In  vain  looking  back  [upon  their]  country  and  their  house¬ 
hold  god. 

Part  falls  miserably  transfixed  with  barbed  arrows : 

For  the  swift  iron  is  tainted  [with]  poison. 

They  destroy  what  they  can  not  carry  or  lead  away  with  them , 
And  the  hostile  fame  burns  the  innocent  cottages. 

Hostis,1  equus  pollens,  longeque  volans  sagitta, 

Vicinus  late  depopulor  humus  ; 

Diffugio  alius  ;  nullusque2  tueor  ager, 

Incustoditus  diripio  opes  : 

Rus  opes  parvus,  pecus,3  et  stridens  plaustrum ; 

Et  qui  divitiae  incola  pauper  habeo. 

Pars  ago4  vinctus  post  tergum  captus  lacertus, 

Respicio5  frustra  rus  Larque  suus. 

Pars  cado  hamatus  misere  configo  sagitta : 

Nam  volucris  ferrum  tinctilis  virus  insum.6 
Qui  nequeo  suicum  fero  aut  abduco  perdo  : 

Et  cremo  insons  hosticus  flamma  casa. 

(51.) 

Thais ,  an  old  woman ,  condemns  the  cups  of  generous  Bacchus  : 

Water  alone,  she  says,  assuages  my  thirst. 

No  credit  [is  to  be  given]  to  [her]  words,  but  very  much  to 
[her ]  forehead.  From  [her]  red 
Nose  it  is  known  that  she  drinks  wine. 

Thais,  anus,  damno  generosus  poculum  Bacchus : 

Solus,  inquam,  noster  mitigo  unda  sitis. 

Verbum  nullus  fides,  sed  frons  multus;  ruber 
Nosco  ex  nasus,  quod  bibo  ille  merum. 

1.  Singular.  2.  Ablative  absolute.  3.  Singular.  4.  Singular. 

5.  Singular.  6.  Literally,  “  tinged  venom  is  in  the  swift  iron.” 


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(52.) 

Averse  to  studies ,  nor  given  up  to  any  Muse , 

He  spends  the  long  day  in  manifold  art. 

In  the  fresh  morning ,  he  takes  the  cold  of  the  dewy  field, 

And  the  seventh  hour  is  passed  in  the  slow  walk. 

In-  the  eighth  he  seeks  the  grateful  quiet  of  the  well-known 
tavern , 

And  in  the  ninth  wanders  to  the  placid  waters  of  Isis  ; 
But  in  the  tenth  he  strays  among  flowers  and  plants , 

And  surveys  three  or  four  times  the  leaders  of  the  trees  ; 
In  the  eleventh  he  hastens  through  the  streets  with  quick 
step , 

And  returns,  [his]  stomach  admonishing  [him],  to  a  mod¬ 
erate  feast. 

The  old  woman  sees  him  returning  at  the  usual  hour , 

And  says,  Now  is  come  my  time  of  dining. 

Consult  not  for  me  the  arts  of  the  watchmaker,  nor  the  sun ; 
This  wanderer  more  certainly  points  out  the  middle  of  the 
day. 

Aversus  studium,  nec  Musa  dedo  ullus, 

Multiplex  longus  contero  ars  dies. 

Mane  novus  capto  rorans  frigus  campus ; 

Septimusque  in  lentus  pono  hora  gradus. 

Octavus  notus  peto  otium  gratus  popina ; 

Nonusque  ad  placidus  Isis1  erro  aqua. 

At  decimus  flos  inter  plantaque  vagor, 

Lustro  et  arboreus  terque  quaterque  dux. 

Undecimus  celeris  propero  per  compitum  gressus, 

Et  redeo  ad  modicus,  venter  moneo,  daps.2 
Hic  anus  assuetus  redeo  conspicio  hora  ; 

Et  prandeo,3  inquam,  jam  ego  tempus  adsum. 

Ne  ego  gnomonicus  ars,  ne  consulo  sol, 

Certe  hic  medius  denoto  erro4  dies. 

1.  Isis,  gen.  Isidis,  &c.  2.  Plural.  3.  Gerund. 

4.  A  noun,  erro,  gen.  erronis,  &c. 


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(53.) 

The  bull  which 1  you  fear  you  were  accustomed  to  caress  [with 
your  hand  when]  a  calf ; 

The  tree ,  under  which 2  you  now  lie  down ,  was  [once]  a  twig . 
The  river  is  at  its  source  little ,  but  acquires  strength  by  pro¬ 
ceeding, 

And  receives  many  waters  in  the  way  by  which  it  comes. 

_  1  •  "  >  . 

Qui  taurus  metuo,  vitulus  mulceo  soleo : 

Sub  qui  nunc  recubo  arbor,  virga  sum  ; 

Nascor  exiguus,  sed  opes  acquiro  eo ; 

Quaque  venio,  multus  accipio  amnis  aqua. 

(54.) 

She  had  presided  over  the  temple  duly  for  many  years , 
Performing  the  mournful  sacred  [rites]  with  an  unwilling 
hand : 

When  two  youths  came  in  a  sail-bearing  ship, 

And  pressed  our  shores  with  their  foot. 

Their  age  was 3 4  alike ,  and  [their]  love  :  of  whom  one  [was] 
Orestes , 

The  other  was  Pylades :  Fame  preserves  [their]  names. 
Instantly  they  are  led  to  the  cruel  altar  of  Diana , 

Bound  [as  to]  both  [their]  hands  behind  their  backs. 

The  Grecian  priestess  sprinkles  the  captives  with  holy  wgter. 
That  the  long  riband  may  surround  [their]  auburn  hair  ; 
And  while  she  prepares  the  sacrifice,  while  she  covers  [their] 
temples  with  filets, 

While  she  continually  invents  causes  for  slow  delay, 

I  [am]  not  cruel ;  pardon  [me,  ye]  youths ,  she  said,  • 

I  perform  sacrifices  more  barbarous  than  the  climate .* 

This  is  the  rite  of  the  nation  :  yet  from  what  city  do  ye  come  ? 
Or,  whence  have  you  made  [this]  journey  [in  your]  ship 
[so]  little  fortunate  ? 

1.  Literally,  “what  bull.”  2.  Literally,  “under  what  tree.” 

3.  Sum  with  dative; 

4.  Literally,  “  than  their  own  locality,”  or  “  place.” 


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She  said;  and  the  pious  virgin  having  heard  the  name  of 
[their]  country , 

Finds  [them]  to  be  partners  of  her  own  city.1 2 
Let  one  or  other  [of  you],  said  she,  fall  a  victim  to  [our]  sa¬ 
cred  vows, 

Let  the  other  go  [as]  a  messenger  to  [our]  native  seats. 
Pylades,  about  to  perish,  orders  [his]  dear  Orestes  to  go  : 

He  refuses ;  and  each  contends  to  die  in  the  room  [of  the 
other] . 

This  [thing]  was  the  only  [one  in]  which  they  did  not  agree? 
[As  to]  the  rest ,  they  were  an  unanimous  pair,  and  without 
strife. 

While  the  youths  engage  in  the  contest  of  beautiful  love , 

She  writes  written  signs  to  [her]  brother. 

She  gave  [her]  commands  to  [her]  brother ,  and  [he]  to 
whom  they  were  given, 

Behold  the  chances  [of]  human  [affairs],3  was  [her]  brother. 
Neither  [is  there  any]  delay  :  they  seize  the  image  of  Diana 
from  the  temple, 

And  are  carried  secretly  [in]  a  ship  through  the  immense 
waters. 

The  wonderful  love  of  the  youths ,  although  so  many  years  have 
gone  by, 

Even  now  has  a  great  name  in  Scythia. 

Praesum  templum  multus  is  rite  per  annus, 

Invitus  perago  tristis  sacer  manus  ; 

Cum  duo  velifer  juvenis  venio  carina, 

Premoque  suus  litus  noster  pes. 

Par  sum  hic  aetas,  et  amor  :  qui  alter  Orestes, 

Alter  sum  Pylades  ;  nomen  fama  teneo. 

Protenus  immitis  Trivia  duco  ad  ara, 

Evincio  geminus  ad  suus  tergum  manus. 

1.  I.  e.,  her  fellow-citizens. 

2.  Convenio  used  impersonally  with  the  dative  :  “  in  which  it  did 
not  agree  to  them.” — Convenerit. 

3.  Literally,  “  behold  human  chances.” 


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Spargo  aqua  captus  lustralis  Graius  sacerdos, 

Ambio  ut  fulvus  infula  longus  coma. 

Dumque  paro  sacer,1  dum  velo  tempus  vitta ; 

Dum  tardus  causa  invenio  usque  mora ; 

Non  ego  crudelis,  juvenis  ignosco,  dico, 

Sacer  suus  facio  barbarus  locus. 

Ritus  is  sum  gens.  Quis  tu  tamen  urbs  venio  ? 

Quove  parum  faustus  puppis  peto  iter  ? 

Dico  :  et,  auditus  patrius  pius  nomen  virgo, 

Consors  urbs  comperio  sum  suus. 

Alter  at  e  tu,  inquam,  cado  hostia ;  sacer 
Ad  patrius  sedes  nuntius  alter  eo. 

Eo  jubeo  Pylades  carus  pereo  Orestes  : 

Hic  nego  :  inque  vicis2  pugno  uterque  morior. 

Existo  hic  unus,  qui  non  convenio  ille : 

CsBteri  par  concors  et  sine  lis  sum. 

Dum  perago  pulcher  juvenis  certamen  amor, 

Ad  frater  scriptus  exaro  ille  nota. 

Ad  frater  mandatum  do,  quique  ille  do 
(Humanus  casus  adspicio),  frater  sum. 

Nec  mora ;  de  templum  rapio  simulacrum3  Diana ; 

Clamque  per  immensus  puppis  fero  aqua. 

Mirus  amor  juvenis,  quamvis  abeo  tot  annus, 

In  Scythia  magnus  nunc  quoque  nomen  habeo. 

(55.) 

Blue  boars  are  painted ,  and  red  lions , 

Nor  does  a  black  swan  here  seem  a  rare  bird. 

Thee ,  [0]  Nature,  to  follow,  unto  ancient  painters  the  only 
Praise  was;  but  [you]  yourself  can  not  follow  our  [painters]. 

Caeruleus  pingo  aper,  ruberque  leo, 

Nec  cycnus  niger  hic  rarus  videor  avis. 

Tu,  Natura,  sequor  pictor  unus  vetustus 

Laus  sum  ;  at  noster  non  possum  ipse  sequor. 

1.  Accusative  singular,  neuter.  2.  Accusative. 

3.  Plural  of  excellence  :  “the  hallowed  image,’*  properly. 

F 


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(56.) 

Ring ,  about  to  clasp  the  finger  of  a  beautiful  damsel , 

In  which  nothing  is  to  be  prized  but  the  love  of  the  donor , 
Mayest  thou  go  a  grateful  present.  Thee,  [when]  received , 
with  joyful  mind 

May  she  forthwith  put  on  her  joints  [of  the  hand]. 

Annulus,  formosus  digitus  vincio  puella, 

In  qui  censeo1  nil,  nisi  dans  amor ; 

Munus  eo  gratus.  Tu,  laetus  mens,  recipio 
Protenus  articulus2  induo  ille  suus. 

(57.) 

Behold,  seeking  the  herbage  intermingled  with  various  flowers, 
There  stood  before  my  eyes  a  white  heifer. 

Whiter  than  the  snows,  [even]  then  when  they  have  recently 

Which  delay  has  not  yet  turned  into  liquid  waters. 

Ecce,  peto  varius  immisceo  flos  herba,3 
Consisto  ante  oculus  candidus  vacca  meus. 

Candidus  nix,  tunc  cum  cado  recens  : 

In  liquidus  nondum  qui  mora  verto  aqua. 

(58.) 

A  bird,  fearing  the  hawk,  with  trembling  wings, 

Dares,  [when]  iveary,  to  come  to  a  human  bosom. 

Nor  does  herself  to  trust  to  the  neighboring  house  hesitate 
The  frightened  hind ,  which  flees  the  hostile  dogs. 

v  ’  * 

Accipiter  metuo  penna  trepido  ales 

Audeo  ad  humanus  fessus  venio  sinus.4 
Nec  sui  vicinus  dubito  committo  tectum, 

Qui  fugio  infestus  terreo  cerva  canis. 

(59.) 

This  goddess ,  when  the  deities  fled  from  the  wicked  earth, 
Remained  alone  upon  the  ground  [that  was]  hateful  to  the 
gods. 


1.  Participle  in  -dus.  2.  Dative. 


3.  Plural. 


4.  Plural. 


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She  is  the  cause  that  the  ditcher  lives ,  [though]  bound  even 
with  a  fetter ; 

And  thinks  [his]  legs  will  be  free  from  the  iron. 

She  is  the  cause  that  when  no  land  on  all  sides  sees 

The  shipwrecked  [mariner],  [he]  throws  out  his  arms  m 
the  midst  of  the  waters. 

Hic  dea,  cum  fugio  sceleratus  numen  terra, 

In  deus  invisus  solus  remaneo  humus. 

Hic  facio,  ut  vivo  vincio  quoque  compes  fossor ; 

Liberque  a  ferrum  crus  futurus  puto. 

Hic  facio,  ut,  video  cum  terra1  undique  nullus, 

Naufragus  in  medius  brachium  jacto  aqua. 

(60.) 

Autumn  gives  apples;  summer  is  beautiful  from  the  harvests , 
Spring  affords  flowers ;  winter  is  alleviated  by  afre. 

At  certain  times  the  countryman  the  ripe  grape 

Gathers ;  and  the  new  wine  flows  from  under  [his]  naked 
foot. 

At  certain  times  he  binds  up  the  cut-down  herbs , 

And  brushes  the  mowed  ground  with  the  thin  rake. 

Pomum  do  Auctumnus  ;  formosus  sum  messis  aestas  ; 

Ver  praebeo  flos  ;  ignis  levo  hiems. 

Tempus  certus  maturus  rusticus  uva 

Deligo  ;  et  nudus  sub  pes  mustum2  fluo : 

Tempus  certus  desectus  alligo  herba  ; 

Et  tonsus  rarus  pecten  verro  humus. 

(61.) 

Fabricius  burns  to  extend  the  Roman  name , 

Upright ,  unsubdued  [in  his]  breast ,  he  despises  wealth. 
He  frequently  returns  not  enriched  from  the  enemy  triumphed 
over , 

Nor ,  dying ,  has  he  [any  thing]  that  can  be  given  to  [his] 
children. 


1.  Plural. 


2.  Plural. 


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Yet  they  are  not  needy ;  for  [to  those]  descended  from  so 
great  a  father 

Whatever  powerful  Rome  possessed  was  a  portion . 

Ardeo  Fabricius  Romanus  extendo  nomen, 

Integer,  indomitus  pectus  temno  opes. 

Saepe  triumphatus  redeo  haud  dito  ab  hostis, 

Nec  morior  natus  qui  tribuo  habeo. 

Sum  tamen  haud  inops ;  nam  tantus  pater  creo 
Dos,  quicumque  potens  Roma  teneo,1  sum. 

(62.) 

Pardon  [me],  I  beseech  [you],  and  forgive  [my]  too  great  fear. 

The  shipwrecked  dreads  even  quiet  waters. 

Thefsh  which  has  once  been  hurt  by  the  deceitful  hook 
Thinks  that  the  crooked  brass  lies  under  all  food. 

The  lamb  often  flees  the  dog  seen  afar  off \  and  [him  to  be] 
the  wolf 

Believes ;  and  she ,  ignorant ,  avoids  her  own  safeguard. 

Do  venia,  quaeso,  nimiusque  ignosco  timor.2 

Tranquillus  etiam  naufragus  horreo  aqua. 

Qui  semel  sum  laesus  fallax  piscis  ab  hamus, 

Omnis  uncus  cibus3  ses4  subsum  puto. 

Saepe  canis  longe  visus  fugio  agna,  lupusque 
Credo,  et  ipse  suus  nescius  vito  opis.5 

(63.) 

She  from  [her]  chariot  the  reluctant  moon  to  draw  down 
Endeavors,  and  to  hide  in  darkness  the  horses  of  the  sun. 
She  checks  the  waters,  and  stops  the  winding  streams. 

She  moves  [from  their]  place  the  woods  and  the  living  rocks. 
[She]  wanders  among  the  tombs  ungirl,  with  disheveled  hair , 
And  collects  certain  bones  from  the  warm  funeral  piles. 
She  devotes  [to  destruction]  the  absent,  and  forms  images  of 
wax , 

And  drives  into  the  wretched  liver  slender  needles. 


1.  Imperfect. 
4.  Plural. 


2.  Dative. 

5.  Singular. 


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Ille  reluctans  currus  deduco  Luna 
Nitor,  et  tenebrae  abdo  sol  equus. 

Me  refreno  aqua,  obliquusque  flumen  sisto  ; 

Me  locus  silva,  vivusque  saxum  moveo. 

Per  tumulus  erro  passus  discinctus  capillus, 

Certusque  de  tepidus  colligo  os  rogus. 

Devoveo  absens  ;  simulacrumque  cereus  fingo, 

Et  miser  tenuis  in  jecur  urgeo  acus. 

(64° 

Osiris  first  made  ploughs  with  ingenious  hand , 

And  stirred  up  the  tender  ground  with  iron. 

[He]  first  intrusted  seeds  to  the  untried  earth, 

And  gathered  fruit  from  trees  not  known. 

He  taught  to  join  the  tender  vine  to  stakes , 

He  to  cut  the  green  leaf  with  the  hard  pruning-knife. 

To  him  first  [her]  pleasant  taste  the  ripe 
Grape  gave,  pressed  out  hy  clownish  feet. 

Primus  aratrum  manus  sollers  facio  Osiris, 

Et  tener  ferrum  sollicito  humus. 

Primus  inexpertus  committo  semen  terra, 

Pomumque  non  notus  lego  ab  arbor : 

Hic  doceo  tener  palus  adjungo  vitis : 

Hic  viridis  durus  casdo  falx  coma. 

Me  jucundus  primum  maturus  sapor1 
Expressus  incultus  uva  do  pes. 

(65.) 

The  simple  hen  leads  out  the  tender  ducks, 

And  accompanies  them  through  the  neighboring  fields. 

The  spurious  progeny  desert  their  nurse ,  and  to  the  bottom 
Of  the  water,  under  the  guidance  of  nature ,2  rush  headlong. 

She ,  on  the  bank,  flutters  her  trembling  wings, 

And  with  complaining  voice  unceasingly  calls  to  the  foolish 
birds. 


F  2 


1.  Plural. 


2.  Ablative  absolute. 


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If  another’s  offspring  occasion  so  much  concern , 

O  how  anxious  is  the  breast  of  a  real  parent.1 * 

Educo  simplex  anas  gallina  tenellus, 

Et  per  vicinus  concomitor  ager. 

Spurius  progenies  fautrix  linquo,  et  imus,3 
Auspex  natura,  praecipitor  aqua. 

Ille  tenens  ripa  trepidans  concutio  ala, 

Et  stolidus  querulus  vox  fatigo  avis. 

Si  tantus  cura  proles  alienus  ministro, 

O  quam  sollicitus  sum  pectus  verus  parens. 

(66.) 

O  thou  happy  youth  !  whom  of  December  no 
Colds ,  nor  ice ,  nor  the  fierce  winter  frightens  ; 

Thou  dost  not  approach  effeminate  to  the  raised-up  fires , 

Nor  does  it  please  [thee]  to  cherish  [thy]  limbs  on  the  idle 
couch. 

Does  the  north  wind  bring  snow  ?  thou  descendesl  to  the  low¬ 
est  room , 

And  bringest  back  very  much  wood  of  an  immense  weight , 
And  as  often  as  the  biting  cold  pinches  thee,  loaded 
So  often  dost  thou  both  go  and  return  the  steep  way.- 
Let  the  spendthrift  roast  himself  before  the  fire  with  burned 
wood : 

Thou,  prudent,  drivest  away  cold  [by]  bringing  the  wood. 

O  tu  felix  juvenis  !3  qui  nullus  December 
Frigus,  nec  glacies,  nec  ferus  terreo  hiems. 

Tu  non  exstructus  accedo  mollis  ad  ignis, 

Nec  libet  ignavus  membrum  foveo  tojrus. 

Ferone  nix  Boreas  ?  cella  descendo  ad  imus, 

Plurimusque  immensus  pondus4  lignum5  refero, 

Et  quoties  mordax  uro  tu  frigus,  onustus 
Praeceps  toties  eoque  redeoque  via. 

1.  Literally,  “  O,  of  how  anxious  a  bosom  is  the  true  parent.'1'’ — Ab¬ 

lative.  2.  Dative  plural. 

3.  Accusative.  4.  Ablative.  5.  Plural. 


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Prodigus  ante  focus  lignum  sui  torreo  ustus ; 

Tu  prudens  abigo  frigus,1  lignum  fero.2 

(67.) 

The  slothful  Irus,  leaning  upon  sticks  and  a  leg  [made]  of 
maple, 

Makes  the  well-known  streets  to  resound  with  a  constant 
prayer. 

Wretched  me!  he  exclaims,  pity  [me],  dear  citizens, 

I  have  horne  these  honorable  wounds  for  you. 

In  the  mean  time,  he  creeps  with  a  tottering  step  through  the  city, 
And  seeks  money  for  himself,  at  one  time  by  theft,  at  an¬ 
other  by  entreaty. 

The  beadle  comes,  both  heavy  in  bulk  and  dreadful  with  a  staff, 
And  at  a  distance  throws  out  fierce  threats  from  his  mouth. 
In  vain  you  pursue ,  beadle,  now  his  bound-up  legs 
He  unties,  and  Irus  departs  swifter  than  the  winds. 

Irus  iners,  baculus  et  crus  innixus  acernus, 

Persono  assiduus  compitum  notus  precis. 

Ego  miser  !3  exclamo,  carus  miseresco  civis, 

Hic  ego  pro  tu  vulnus  honestus  fero. 

Interea  repo  gressus  titubans  per  urbs, 

Et  sui  nunc  furtum,  nunc  precis  quaero  opis. 

Lictor  adsum,  et  moles  gravis,  baculusque  tremendus, 

Et  procul  atrox  projicio  os  minae. 

Nequicquam  insequor,  lictor  ;  jam  crus  revinctus 
Explico,  et  ventus  ocyor  Irus  abeo. 

(68.) 

While  Phyllis  carries  the  milk-pail  filled  from  the  pressed 
udder , 

Enumerating  the  advantages  of  the  fortune  to  come  [from 
it,  she]  says, 

From  this  new  milk  a  small  piece  of  money  comes  to  me :  eggs 
[Come]  from  this,  about  by-and-by  to  produce  a  feathered 


1.  Plural.  2.  Present  participle.  3.  Accusative. 


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From  this  'poultry  I  procure  for  myself  a  sow :  the  fat  sow 
farrows : 

Hence  I  buy  for  myself  a  calf ,  and  hence  a  cow. 
By-and-by  numerous  suitors  come,  and  a  joyful  marriage , 
Which  Mopsa,  which  Galatea  may  envy  me. 

In  the  midst  of  these  [things]  Phyllis  stumbles ,  and,  stupefied , 
her  milkrpail 

Sees  fallen  down  before  [her]  wet  feet. 

Pigs,  cows,  hens ,  eggs ,  a  husband 

Lost,  together  with  the  milk,  poor  Phyllis  mourns ; 
Forsooth,  [those  things]  which,  as  about  to  proceed  from 
[her]  pail,  predicted 

Phyllis,  stand  while  the  pail  stands,  fall  when  it  falls. 

Fero  pressus  impletus  dum  Phyllis  ab  uber  mulctra, 
Venturus  enumero  commodum  sors  ;  aio, 

Ex  hic  lac  novus  ego  nummulus  affluo  :  ovum 
Ex  hic,  pennatus  mox  pariturus  grex. 

Ex  hic  chors  sus  ego  comparo  ;  obesus  pario  sus ; 

Inde  ego  vitulus  mercor ;  et  inde  bos. 

Mox  numerosus  adsum  procus,1  et  connubium2  laetus, 

Qui  Mopsa  invideo,  qui  Galatea  ego. 

Hic  inter  titubo  Phyllis,  stupefactusque  mulctra 
Delapsus  madidus  prospicio  ante  pes. 

Porcellus,  vacca,  gallina,  ovum,  maritus, 

Cum  lac  amissus3  Phyllis  egenus  gemo. 

Scilicet,  e  mulctra  qui  proventurus  cano 
Phyllis,  sto  mulctra  sto,4  cado  cado.5 

1.  Singular.  2.  Plural.  3.  Masculine. 

4.  Ablative  absolute.  5.  Ablative  absolute. 


END  OF  PART  11. 


PART  III. 


SENSE-VERSES. 


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PRELIMINARY  REMARKS 


ON 

PART  III* 


The  following  remarks  will  be  found  useful  in  the  com¬ 
position  of  hexameters  and  pentameters,  both  when  used 
separately,  and  also  when  combined  alternately  in  Elegiac 
verse  : 

1 .  The  introduction  of  too  many  elisions  into  the  same 
verse  must  be  carefully  guarded  against,  and  the  learner 
is  on  no  account  to  imitate  the  following  line  of  Virgil : 

Monstrum  horrendum ,  informe ,  ingens ,  cui  lumen  ademptum. 

2.  It  will  also  be  equally  inelegant  to  adopt  the  prac¬ 
tice  of  Lucretius,  who  sometimes,  instead  of  eliding  the 
final  m  before  a  vowel  in  the  beginning  of  the  next  word, 
makes  the  syllable  short ;  as, 

Corporum  officium  est  quoniam  premere  omnia  deorsum. 

3.  The  more  ancient  Latin  poets  sometimes  elided  s 
before  a  consonant ;  as, 

Tum  laterali ’  dolor ,  certissimu ’  nuntiu ’  mortis. 

Since,  however,  this  license  had  become  exploded  in 
the  time  of  Virgil  and  Horace,  it  is  not  to  be  imitated  by 
the  pupil,  although  some  modern  scholars  have  occa¬ 
sionally  made  use  of  it,  in  express  imitation  of  Lucretius 
and  the  old  poets. 

4.  Neither  will  it  be  wise  for  the  pupil  to  elide  a  vowel 

*  Bland's  Elements  of  Latin  Hexameters  and  Pentameters ,  Prcef,  i., 
seqq ,  $ 


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at  the  end  of  a  line  in  consequence  of  the  next  verse  be¬ 
ginning  with  a  vowel ;  as  in  the  following  of  Virgil : 

Sternitur  infelix  alieno  vulnere ,  coelumque 

Aspicit. 

5.  The  ancients  sometimes  retained  a  final  vowel  be¬ 
fore  a  word  beginning  with  a  vowel ;  and,  in  this  case,  if 
the  vowel  was  long,  and  did  not  stand  as  the  first  syllable 
of  a  foot,  so  as  to  receive  the  ictus,  they  made  it  short ;  as, 

Ter  sunt  conati,  imponere  Pelio  Ossam. 

Et  bis  Id  Arethusa ,  Id  Arethusa  vocavit. 

But  as  this  license  is  only  used  under  certain  circum¬ 
stances,  and  gives  a  great  harshness  of  sound  to  the  verse 

if  used  injudiciously,  it  is  to  be  avoided  by  the  pupil. 

/ 

6.  The  figure  Synaeresis ,  by  which  two  syllables  are 
contracted  into  one,  is  also  to  be  avoided ;  as  in  the  fol¬ 
lowing  lines,  where  deerunt  and  seorsum  become  respect¬ 
ively  derunt  and  sorsum : 

Sint  Maecenates,  non  deerunt,  Flacce,  Marones. 

Et  seor sum  varios  rerum  sentire  colores. 

7.  The  figure  Diaeresis,  which  forms  two  syllables  out 
of  one,  should  likewise  be  avoided  by  the  young  student. 
An  example  of  it  is  found  in  the  following  verse  of 
Horace,  where  siluae  occurs  for  silvae  : 

Nunc  mare,  nunc  siluae. 

8.  No  word  ending  with  a  short  vowel  is  allowed  to  be 
placed  before  words  beginning  with  sc,  sp,  or  st.  It 
must  not,  however,  be  inferred  from  this,  that  short  vow¬ 
els  ordinarily  become  long  by  such  positions,  although 

“ - date  tela ,  scandite  muros. 

Pro  segete  spicas,  pro  grege  ferre  dapem,” 

would  only  be  among  other  examples  of  the  correctness 
of  the  Latin  ear  ;  but,  as  even  these  examples  partake  of 
the  nature  of  licenses,  they  must  be  avoided  by  the  be¬ 
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9.  A  sentence  ought  not  to  end  with  the  daetyl  form¬ 
ing  the  fifth  foot  of  an  hexameter,  nor,  consequently, 
ought  a  new  sentence  to  begin  with  the  terminating 
spondee. 

10.  In  spondaic  lines  the  fourth  foot  is  usually  a  dae¬ 
tyl  ;  not  uniformly,  however  ;  as, 

Virg.  Saxa  per  et  scopulos  et  ]  depresses  cdn\valles« 

Id.  Aut  leves  ocreas  lent\d  duc|unt  argjewto. 

CiESURA  IN  DACTYLIC  HEXAMETERS. 

1 1 .  The  beauty  and  harmony  of  hexameter  verse  de¬ 
pend  in  a  very  great  degree  upon  the  proper  manage¬ 
ment  of  the  Caesura.  In  its  application  to  single  feet,  it 
will  be  found  explained  elsewhere.1  On  the  present  oc¬ 
casion  it  will  be  requisite  merely  to  consider  it  with  refer¬ 
ence  to  whole  verses,  in  which  acceptation  it  may  be 
more  correctly  termed  the  Ccesural  Pause. 

12.  The  caesural  pause  most  approved  of  in  heroic 
poetry,  and  which,  above  all  others,  tended  to  give 
smoothness  and  rhythm  to  the  line,  was  that  which  took 
place  after  the  penthemimeris,  or  fifth  half-foot.  This 
was  particularly  distinguished  as  the  Heroic  Ccesural 
Pause.  Thus, 

Virg.  At  domus  |  interi\or,  ||  regali  splendida  luxu. 

Id.  Julius  |  a  magn\o  j|  demissum  nomen  Iiilo. 

18.  Instead,  however,  of  the  csssural  pause  at  the  ex¬ 
act  penthemimeris,  a  different  division  was  equally  ad¬ 
mitted  as  heroic,  which  took  place  after  a  trochee  in  the 
third  foot  ;  as, 

Virg.  Ejjigi\em  slatu\ere,  1|  nefas  quce  triste  piaret. 

Id.  Tecta  met\u  peti\ere,  ||  ruunt  de  montibus  amnes. 

14.  Next  in  merit  to  the  penthemimeral  was  the  heph- 
themimeral  pause,  or  the  one  occurring  after  seven  half¬ 
feet.  Thus, 

1.  Anthon's  Latin  Prosody ,  p.  101,  seqq.  ( ed .  1842). 

G 


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Virg.  Arbori\busque  sat\isque  Not]us ,  ||  pecorique  sinister. 
Id.  Haud  mora,  |  prosilu\ere  su\is  :  ||  ferit  cethera  clamor. 

15.  The  csesural  pause  the  least  approved  of  in  heroic 
poetry  was  that  which  divided  the  verse  exactly  into 
halves,  since  it  gave  the  line  an  undignified  air.  Thus, 

Virg.  Cui  non  |  dictus  Hyl\as  puer,  ||  et  Latonia  Delos  ? 
Id.  Exple\ri  ment\em  nequit ,  ||  ardescitque  tuendo. 

16.  The  csesural  pause  between  the  fourth  and  fifth 
feet  was  considered  by  grammarians  as  peculiarly  adapt¬ 
ed  to  pastoral  poetry,  more  especially  when  the  fourth 
foot  was  a  dactyl ;  and  it  was  termed,  from  this  circum¬ 
stance,  the  Bucolic  csesural  pause  ;  as, 

Calpurn.  Idas  \  laniger\i  domin\us  greg'is,  ||  Astacus  horti. 
Auson.  Commu\nis  Paphi\e  dea  }  sideris  ||  et  dea  foris. 


PENTAMETERS. 

17.  The  pentameter  must  always  be  so  constructed  as 
to  have  the  csesural  pause  after  the  penthemimeris,  and 
thus  be  divisible  into  two  equal  portions  of  two  feet  and 
a  half  each.  And  the  pause  ought  always  to  be  strictly 
the  last  syllable  in  a  word,  and  not  fall  on  any  syllable 
before  this.  Hence  the  following  line  is  faulty  : 

Inter  nostros  gent  ilis  oberrat  equus. 

18.  It  is  also  deemed  a  blemish  for  the  csesura  to  fall 
after  a  syllable  which  has  become  the  last  by  elision  ;  as 
in  the  following  lines  from  Catullus  : 

Quam  veniens  una  atque  ||  altera  rursus  hiems. 

Troja  virum  et  virtutum  []  omnium  acerba  cinis. 

Nec  desistere  amare  ||  omnia  si.  facias. 

19.  If  the  first  csesural  syllable  be  a  monosyllable, 
which  ought  not  to'  happen  frequently,  it  must  be  prece¬ 
ded  by  a  long  monosyllable,  or  by  a  word  of  the  same 
time,  that  is,  a  word  consisting  of  two  short  syllables  ;  as, 


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75 


Ovid.  Et  mihi  si  non  vis  ||  parcere,  parce  meis . 

Id.  Tu  dominus,  tu  vir  ||  tu  mihi  frater  eras. 

Id.  Nulla  tibi  sine  me  [|  gaudia  facta  neges. 

Id.  Praeterito  magis  est  ||  iste  pudendus  amor. 

An  exception  to  this  rule,  however,  is  made  when  the 
monosyllable  is  est,  and  the  word  before  it  suffers  elision. 
Such  lines  as  the  following  are  not  uncommon : 

Ovid.  Liter  aque  invisa  est,  ||  hac  mea  parte  tibi. 

Id.  Quo  nisi  consilio  est  ||  us  a  puella  tuo.. 

But  such  lines  as  the  following  are  very  rare  in  Ovid : 

Sed  sic  inter  nos  ||  ut  latuisse  velint. 

Quod  licet  inter  vos  ||  nomen  habete  meum. 

Justaque  quamvis  est  |[  sit  minor  ira  dei. 

Queer  e  suburbana  hic  ||  sit  mihi  terra  locum. 

20.  The  last  word  of  a  dactylic  pentameter  is,  in  the 
great  majority  of  instances,  a  dissyllable  in  Ovid.  We 
occasionally  find  est  in  this  place  preceded  by  a  dissyl¬ 
lable  which  suffers  elision  ;  as, 

Hic  est  cujus  amans  hospita  capta  dolo  est. 

Nec  repetor ;  cessas,  iraque  lenta  tua  est. 

More  rarely  two  monosyllables  ;  as, 

Praemia  si  studio  consequor  ista,  sat  est. 

21.  The  trisyllabic  ending,  although  very  common  in 
the  Greek  poets,  in  Catullus,  &c.,  may  be  said  to  be  al¬ 
together  excluded  from  the  0 vidian  pentameter.  We 
find  one  example  only  in  his  earlier  works,  and  five  oth¬ 
ers  in  the  epistles  from  Pontus,  which,  together  with  the 
Tristia,  were  composed  while  the  poet  was  plunged  in 
the  deepest  despondency,  and  bear  tokens  of  less  accu¬ 
rate  revision  than  his  other  productions. 

22.  The  quadrisyllabic  ending  is  likewise  very  un¬ 
common,  except  in  the  Tristia  and  epistles  from  Pontus. 
We  have,  however,  two  or  three  examples  in  his  other 
works. 


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TJnda  simul  miserum  vitaque  deseruit.  ( Her .,  xix.,  202.) 
Et  circumfusis  invia  fluminibus.  (Fast.,  v.,  582.) 
Cantabat  mcestis  tibia  funeribus.  (Fast.,  vi.,  060,  &c.) 

23.  The  quinquesyllabic  ending  is  still  more  rare  than 
the  quadrisyllable ;  as, 

Lis  est  cum  forma  magna  pudicitiae.  (  Her.,  xvi.,  288.) 

Nec  sedeo  duris  torva  superciliis.  (Her.,  xvii.,  16.) 

24.  As  to  the  kind  of  words  that  conclude  the  line, 
they  ought  to  possess  some  emphasis.  They  are  usually 
nouns,  the  personal  and  possessive  pronouns,  or  verbs. 
Adjectives  do  not  often  occur  in  this  place  ;  adverbs  still 
more  rarely  ;  and,  less  frequently  than  either,  the  present 
participle  active. 

25.  At  the  beginning  of  a  line  it  is  better  to  have  a 
dactyl  followed  by  a  spondee  than  the  reverse.  Thus, 

Vix  Priamus  tanti  totaque  Troja  fuit. 

Res  est  solliciti  plena  timoris  amor. 

26.  Short  vowels  should  be  excluded  from  the  last 
syllables  of  pentameters,  whether  of  the  first  half  verse 
or  of  the  last.  The  following  are  deviations  from  this 
rule  ;  but  they  are  not  to  be  imitated  : 

Perspecta  est  igitox  ||  unica  amicitia. 

Qui  dederit  primos  ||  oscula  victor  erii 

27.  The  pronoun  is  will,  be  avoided  in  all  cases  and 
genders  as  an  independent  word.  It  may  be  used  ad- 
jectively,  and  affixed  to  its  substantive,  but  it  must  never, 
even  in  that  case,  be  found  at  the  end  of  a  pentameter. 

28.  The  monotony  occasioned  by  the  frequent  recur¬ 
rence  of  two  jd’s  is  to  be  avoided  in  the  last  penthemi¬ 
meris  of  pentameters. 

29.  Ac  always  precedes  a  consonant,  and  before  a 
vowel  is  to  be  changed  for  atque. 

30.  A  spondee,  with  any  stop  but  a  comma  after  it,  at 
the  commencement  of  the  pentameter,  connected  in  sense 


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1 

with  the  preceding  line,  and  without  intervening  punctu* 
ation,  is  too  rare  to  form  a  good  precedent  for  young  ver* 
sifiers. 

31.  The  genius  of  elegiac  verse,  that  is,  hexameter 
and  pentameter  alternately,  almost  always  requires  the 
sense,  or  distinct  portions  of  the  sense,  to  be  conveyed 
within  the  distich ;  and  this  difference  separates  it  as 
widely  as  possible  from  the  heroic  measure,  which  not 
only  admits  of  much  ampler  license  in  this  respect,  but 
demands  greater  variety.  The  same  remark  must,  of 
consequence,  be  extended  to  the  versification  ;  which,  in 
properly  conveying  the  more  dilated  sense,  must  also 
require  a  freer  scope  for  its  own  rhythm.  The  music 
of  the  elegiac  distich,  even  when  best  composed,  is,  in¬ 
deed,  little  more  than  simple  melody,  or  a  pleasing  but 
confined  succession  of  sounds,  compared  with  the  skillful 
adaptation  of  parts,  the  fuller  and  more  varied  harmony 
of  the  heroic  metre. — There  seems,  in  the  difference  here 
pointed  out  between  the  elegiac  and  heroic  measures,  a 
good  reason  to  be  found  for  the  expediency  of  the  com¬ 
mon  practice  of  beginning  with  the  former  in  the  study 
of  Latin  versification.  The  bow  of  Ulysses  should  not 
be  used  until  after  frequent  trials  with  a  less  weighty  in 
str  ument.1 


1.  Hodgson’s  Sacred  History  for  Latin  Verse,  p.  93,  seq. 

G  2 


% 


'  - 


i’ART  III* 


(i-) 

The  Horse. 

The  horse,  free  and  exulting,  rages 1  in  wide  fields ,2 
Making  way  through  rivers* fences*  and  bushes .5 

(2-) 

The  Sailor. 

The  sailor 6  prays 1  a  happy  return  to 8  [his]  country ,9 

into10  fierce11  waves  throws  out 12  entrails 13  of  ox. 


(3.) 

./If orning. 

Now  morning 14  songs  Aave  sounded 15  through  airs™ 
Boy  admonished  shakes  off 17  grateful  slumbers.16 

(4.) 


Rustic  turned  Soldier. 

Stout  rustic 19  /ete  drop30  harrows 21  from  hard  hands, 
And,  turned 22  soldier,  bravely  wields 23  arms. 


(5.) 

Soldier  turned  Rustic. 

Peace  returning 2*  rustic 25  reseeks 26  little  Lares, 

And,  duty 27  of  Mars  being  resigned,26  recultivates 29  the 
fields. 


*  The  ungrammatical  Latin  (occasionally,  also,  the  grammatical  form)  is  given 
n  the  notes  for  the  parts  printed  in  Italics. — The  portions  inclosed  within  brack¬ 


ets  are  not  to  be 

1.  Ardeo. 

2.  Ager. 

3.  Fluvius. 

4.  Septum. 

5.  Rubus. 

6.  Nauta. 

7.  Precor. 

8.  In. 


Latinized. 

9.  Patria. 

10.  Lique. 

11.  Ferus. 

12.  Porricio. 

13.  Exta. 

14.  Matutinus. 

15.  Sonuere. 


16.  Aura.  23.  Fortiter  gero. 

17.  Excutio.  24.  (Ablative  abs.) 

18.  Somnium.  25.  Colonus. 

19.  Ferox  agrestis.  26.  Repeto. 

20.  Detrecto.  27.  Munus. 

21.  Rastrum.  28.  Pono  (abi.  abs.) 

22.  Factus.  29.  Renovo. 


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(6.) 

Pastoral  Music. 

While  thou,  Corydon,  stretched 1  on  ground, 2  pourest  out 3 4 
wild 4  [strains], 

Jill  things 5 6  charmed 6  with  divine  verse7 8  are  silent? 

(7.) 

Spring. 

Ground 9  rs  green,10  sweet11  spring  again™  touches  with  de- 
light12 

Mortal  senses  and  the  winged  tribe.™ 

(8.) 

Europa. 

Fair 18  Europa,  thou  pattest™  the  dew-laps 17  of  the  bull  with 
[thy]  hand ; 

Thou  knowest  not,™  [O]  Nymph,  that 19  Jove  lies  hid 
under  the  bull. 


(9.) 

Tears. 

The  boy  disdains 21  eyes 22  swelled 23  tmVA  weeping  ;24 
Such  weapons 25  become 26  thee  alone,  woman.21 

(10.) 

Sacrifices. 

They  sacrificed 28  a  white  sheep20  to  the  goc/s  above20  accord¬ 
ing  to  custom  ;31 

They  used  to  give22  black  fleeces  to  the  black  god. 

(ii.)'  .  ki 

Religion. 

As  purple  rose,  ctf  «Vs  birth  22  rejoices  in  rainy 34  April, 

So  tender  bosom 35  exults  in  love  of  praise. 

1.  Sterno.  9.  Humus.  18.  Nescio.  27.  Femina. 

2.  Humi.  10.  Verno.  19.  (Acc.  with  inf.).  28.  Macto  (imperf.). 

3.  Jacto.  11.  Suavis.  20.  Lateo.  29.  Bidens. 

4.  Inconditus  (acc.  12.  Iterum.  21.  Haud  dignor.  30.  Superi. 

plur.  neut.).  13.  Dulcedo.  22.  Ocellus.  31.  De  more. 

5.  Omnia.  14.  Aligerquegenus.23.  Turgidulus.  32.  Dono  (imperf.). 

6.  Captus.  15.  Pulcher.  24.  (Gerund  of  fleo.). 33.  Nascor  (pr.  part.) 

7.  Carmen.  16.  Mulceo.  25.  Telum.  34.  Pluvius. 

8.  Sileo.  17.  Palear.  26.  Deceo.  35.  Sinus. 


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(12.) 

A  prize-book. 

My  muse  gains 1  a  book,  the  reward 2 3  of  learning  ;* 

What 4  seest  thou,  Sun,  more  joyous 5 6  in  the  whole  world 
than  I  r 


(13.) 

Health. 

Breezy 7  air  come  through  meads  with  warm  whisper ,8 * 
And  may  health?  refresh 10  [my]  cheeks,  ifAow  coming .n 

(14.) 

The  First  King. 

The  first  king  sctf12  supported 13  on  a  mapleli  throne15 
And,  girt  with  the  covering 16  of  the  trabea ,  gave  laws.11 

(15.) 

Flatterer. 

Let  not 18  false  er1 9  soothe 20  your 21  ears, 

Nor  drink  your 22  cups,  the  price  of  falsehood?* 

(16.) 

Bacchus. 

[O]  blushing  Bacchus,  mayest  thou  come  crowned 24  with  full 
clusters*5 

Mayest  thou  ease 26  my  heart21  from  weight  of  cares 

(17.) 

Portents . 

Earth  is  shaken 28  with  strange 29  motion*5  dreading 31  new 
monsters, 

Jupiter  AfltfA  driven 32  [his]  horses  through  the  pure  aether?* 

1.  Reporto.  9.  Salus.  18.  Ne.  26.  Tu  levo. 

2.  Praemium (plur.).  10.  Recreo.  19.  Adulator.  27.  Cor  (plur.). 

3.  Doctrina.  11.  (Ablative  abs.)  20.  Mulceo.  28.  Quatio. 

4.  Quid.  12.  Insideo.  21.  (Dat.  plur.  of  tu.)  29.  Novus. 

5.  Lietus.  13.  Fulcio.  22.  Vester.  30.  Motus. 

6.  (Ablative.)  14.  Acernus,  23.  Falsum.  31.  Tremisco. 

7.  Mobilis.  15.  Solium.  24.  Redimite.  32.  Ago. 

8.  Tepidus  susur-  1G.  Cinctus  tegmen.  25.  Corymbus.  33.  Aither(Cr.  ac.). 

rus.  17.  Jus. 


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(18.) 

Naiads  and  Muses. 

Heus  !  afar,1  go 2  afar,  [ye]  profane,  from  the  green3  cavern* 
Naides  and  Pierides  consecrate5  this  spot.6 

(19.) 

Cerberus. 

Lo  r  vast6  Cerberus  opens 9  triple 10  mouths11 

The  deep 12  kingdoms  dread 13  the  Tartarean 14  dog. 

(20.) 

Exercise. 

Ministers15  of  luxury 16  can  not 17  bestow 18  &  flavor15 
Which  hunger 20  alone,  obtained 31  by  labor,  will  give. 


(21.) 

Peace. 


And  now 22  all  are  intent 33  on  the  tables  and  banquets 24  of  the 
gods, 

And  thou 25  again36  Alphesibxus  31  tendest 28  oxen. 

Peace  comes  furnished35  with  bough  of  happy  olive, 

Sad  Erinys  goes  to 30  Tartarean  dens.31 


-  (22.) 

Presence  of  the  Deity. 

God  made  all  things,33  the  same  God  governs 33  all  things ; 

Both  life  and  death 34  come  out  of 35  that  hand  : 

He  addresses 36  the  pious  breast  through  mute  silence,31 
And  whatever36  of  wickedness35  the  bad 10  [man]  conceives, 
he  sees. 


1.  Heus!  procul. 

2.  Eo. 

3.  Viridis. 

4.  Antrum. 

5.  Sacro. 

6.  Locus. 

7.  En. 

8.  Immanis. 

9.  Aperio. 

10.  Triplex. 

11.  Hiatus. 


12.  Profundus. 

13.  Horreo. 

14.  Tartareus. 

15.  Artifex. 

16.  Luxus. 

17.  Nequeo. 

18.  Confero. 

19.  Sapor. 

20.  Esuries. 

21.  Partus. 

22.  Jamque. 


23.  Vaco.  32.  Cuncta  (accus. 

24.  Epulisque  (dat.).  plur.  fteut,). 

25.  Tuque.  33.  Guberno. 

26.  Iterum.  34.  Vitaque  morsque 

27.  (Vocative.)  35.  Ex. 

28.  Servo.  36.  Alloquor. 

29.  Succinctus.  37.  (Plural.) 

30.  Adeo.  38.  Quodque. 

31.  Tartareus  late-  39.  Scelus. 

brte.  40.  Malus. 

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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  III.  83 

(23.) 

Ancient  Oracles. 

Now  ancient  oracles,  exhausted 1  of  iruth 2  are  silent ;3 
Delphian 4  voice  pours  no  sounds  as  before f 
oaks  of  Dodona  refuse 1  to  unfold8  fates  ;(5) 

He  who 9  rules  the  stars  addresses 10  the  human  race.11 

(24.) 

•  *  " 

Time. 

Devouring 12  Time  AatfA  tcom  away 13  rocks  and  hard  ada¬ 
mant,  14 

And  the  conqueror,  conquered  by  Time,  approaches 15  the 
tomh? 

This10  also  disunites11  firm18  loves  of  the  bosom  f 
And  ploughs 20  wrinkles,  [0]  Lydia,  in  thy  brow.21 


(25.) 

War. 

Helmeted 22  youth 23  leaves  turreted2i  cities, 

This28  [man]  afoot-soldier  28  this21  [man]  dusty28  rages 29 
horseback .30 

Helmets 31  struck 32  by  the  sun  glitter 33  through  the  fields  ;34 
The  gods  of  peace  Aatie  deserted25  the  wretched  s<n7.36 

(26.) 

Grandeur  ends  in  Death. 


Why 37  does  wool  imitate28  for  thee22  pur pi e40  colors  ? 

Why  does  a  coronal 41  confine 12  hairsi3  scattered^  on  [thy] 
forehead  ?45 


1.  Effcetus. 

2.  Veram. 

3.  SiLeo. 

4.  Delphicus, 

5.  Ut  ante. 

6.  Fataque. 

7.  Recuso.  ' 

8.  Aperio. 

9.  Q,ui. 

10.  Alloquor. 

11.  Genus. 

12.  Edax. 


13.  Trivit.  24. 

14.  Adamanta  (<?r.  25. 

accus.).  26. 

15.  Adeo.  27. 

16.  Hoc.  28. 

17.  Disjungo.  29. 

18.  Stabilis.  30. 

19.  Animus.  31. 

20.  Sulco.  32. 

21.  Frons  tuus  (ah.).  33. 

22.  Galeatus.  34. 

23.  Juventus. 


Turritus. 

Hic. 

Pedes. 

Hic. 

Pulverulentus. 

Saevio. 

Equus  (ablat.). 
Galea. 
Laoessitus. 
Corusco. 

Per  rura. 


35.  Deseruere. 

36.  Solum. 

37.  Quid. 

38.  Mentior. 

39.  (Dative.) 

40.  Puniceus. 

41.  Corolla. 

42.  Necto. 

43.  Coma. 

44.  Sparsus. 

45.  (Ablative.) 


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And  why  build  vain  halls 1  with  royal  luxury  ?1 2 3 
A  narrow  tomb 3 5  soon*  shall  give  to  thee  a  roof.6 

(27.) 

Love  of  Learning. 

The  boy  6 8  consigned 7  to  study,  [his]  nurse  being  left? 

Sighs9  for  [his]  mother,10  and  fears  the  Pierides . 

Whom11  he  feared  he  shall  soon 12  spontaneously  seeft,13  whom 
he  hated1*  he  shall  love, 

When  Phoebus  shall  surround16  [his]  head  with  verdant 18 
honor. 

(28.) 

Cassandra. 

**  _  *  f 

Cassandra,  revolving  many  things11  concerning 18  the  fall19  of 
Priam, 

7  > 

And  filled 20  with  the  fates  of  Troy,  sings  future  things  ;21 
And  sees  ruin 22  which  she  may  not  be  able  to  avert, 

And  temples  soon  to  demolished 23  by  Grecian  menP 

(29.) 

Rome. 

Behold 25  where  Tibris,  river 26  most  grateful  to  heaven,  hs 
Cuts  fertile*1  fields™  with  happy  stream P 
Borne  formerly00  gave  laws  there 31  to  conquered  nations 
Luxury 33  draws 34  Rome  m^o35  Aer  ow?z,36  chains P 


(30.) 

Rural  Repose. 

Mseris  was  platting 38  a  basket 39  with  pliant 40  rwsA, 
Daphne  was  twining 12  lilies  mixed  with  roses  ; 


41 


1.  Vanusque  car  II.  Q,uas.  22.  Excidium. 

extruo  atrium.  12.  Mox.  23.  Diripiendus. 

2.  Regificus  luxus.  13.  Peto.  24.  Graius  vir. 

3.  Tumulus.  14.  Odi.  25.  Aspice. 

4.  Mox.  15.  Cingo.  26.  Amnis. 

5.  Tectum  (plur.).  16.  Viridis.  1  27.  Pinguis. 

6.  Parvulus.  17.  Multa.  28.  Cultum. 

7.  Addictus.  18.  Super  (with  ab.).  29.  Flumen. 

8.  (Ablat.  abs.)  19.  Casus.  30.  Olim. 

9.  Suspiro,  20.  Plenus.  31.  Ibi. 

10.  (Accusative.)  21.  Futura.  32.  Gens. 


33.  Luxuries. 

34.  Traho. 

35.  In. 

36.  Suus. 

37.  Vinclum. 

38.  Texo. 

39.  Fiscella. 

40.  Gracilis. 

41.  Hibiscum, 

42.  Necto. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  III.  85 

Meanwhile 1  they  watch?  [their]  kids,  and  following2  deer,*- 
Which  nibble 5  sweet6  thyme  from  top1  of  mountain. 

(31.) 

Spring. 

Spring  shining ,8  rose-beds 9  blush 10  of  double-bearing 11  Paes¬ 
tum, 

In  the  new  spring  every  grove 12  brings  forth13  leaves  ; 

In  spring  every 14  kind 15  o/*  birds 16  soothes  airs  -iotYA  melo¬ 
dies;11 

Poet  sweetly 18  sings  in  the  woods  in  spring. 

(32.) 

Eden. 

The  first  man™  happy,  cultivated 20  gardens  of  Eden21 
Always 22  relying 23  on  love  of  God  the  Creator  ; 

But  while  Eva  gathers™  for  herself 25  purple  flowers, 
Meanwhile  herself 36  more  beautiful  than  flowers,  falls. 

(33.) 

Sacrifice. 

Now  the  victim 27  preserved  for  Jupiter™  and  to  be  sprink¬ 
led™  with  wine, 

Exulting  in  strength,™  butts 31  oaks 32  with  [his]  brow  :33 
Now  the  priest  stands  by 34  the  altars,36  a  crowd  accompany¬ 
ing,36 

And  now  gifts31  of  frankincense™  fill33  the  temple 10  with 
odor. 

(34.) 

Might. 

Night  falls, 11  and  embraces  the  earth  with  black  wings, 
And1 13  Morpheus  has  soothing 43  poppy  ini2  [his]  hand  ; 


1.  Interea. 

12.  Omnis  nemus. 

23.  Fretus. 

34.  Adsto. 

2.  Servo. 

13.  Parturio. 

24.  Colligo. 

35.  (Dative.) 

3.  Sequax. 

14.  Omnis.  - 

25.  (Dative  of  sui.) 

36.  (Abi.  abs.) 

4.  Caprea. 

15.  Genus. 

26.  Ipsa. 

37.  Donum. 

5.  Seco. 

16.  Volans. 

27.  Hostia. 

38.  Thureus,  a,  um. 

6.  Gratus  (plur.). 

17.  Modus. 

28.  (Dative.) 

39.  Repleo. 

7.  De  culmen. 

18.  Suaviter. 

29.  Spargendusque. 

40.  .Edes  (sing.). 

8.  Vere  radiante. 

19.  Homo. 

30.  Vires. 

41.  Ruo. 

9.  Rosarium. 

20.  Excolo. 

31.  Peto. 

42.  Inque. 

10.  Rubeo. 

21.  Edensis. 

32.  Robur. 

43.  Lenis. 

11.  Bifer. 

22.  Usque. 

33.  Frons. 

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The  pious 1  give  to  placid  rest1 2 3  limbs 3  wearied  with  labor, 
Dire  dreams 4 5  agitate 5  the  foul  bosom.6 7 


(35.) 

Sacred  Trees. 

Pale1  ivy 8  surrounds 9  temples 10  of  Bacchus, 

White  poplar  girds11  Herculean  /ocfts  ;12 
But  Pallas  rejoices  in  the  bough  of  the  happy  olive, 

•find13  the  laurel  flourishes1*  beloved  [by]  its  own 15 
Phoebus. 

(36.) 

Praises  of  England.  ^ 

Renovmed 16  bard  may  praise  olive-bearing11  Athens19 
And  Rome  may  touch  the  heavenly 19  pole  with  [her] 
head  :20 

Thou,  English  land31  shalt  be  praised  in  my 22  verse, 

[0]  victorious 23  island,  beauty 24  of  the  azure  sea. 


(37.) 

\ 

Tartarus. 

There  is  a  steep33  way,  dreary 26  with  shadowy31  gulf 39 
Which  opens33  to 30  the  pale  kingdoms  of  the  pale  god. 
Here  shades 31  of  men33  wander  through  mournful  coasts33 
Where 34  livid  horror  of  Stygian  water  stagnates.33 


1.  Pii.  10.  Tempus. 

2.  Quies.  11.  Cingo. 

3.  Membrum.  12.  Coma. 

4.  Somnium.  "  13.  Atque. 

5.  Exagito.  14.  Vireo. 

6.  Sinus.  15.  Suus. 

7.  Pallens.  16.  Prteclarus. 

8.  (Plural.)  17-  Olivifer. 

9.  Circumao.  18.  Atheme. 


19.  iEthereus.  28.  Hiatus. 

20.  Vertex.  29.  Pateo. 

21.  Anglicus  tellus.  30.  Ad. 

22.  Noster.  31.  Simulacrum, 

23.  Victrix.  32.  Homo. 

24.  Ocellus  (vocat.).  33.  Ora,  ae. 

25.  Declivis.  34.  Qua. 

26.  Tristis.  35.  Torpeo. 

27.  Tenebrosus. 


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(38.) 

<0 

Death. 

The  Deity 1  permits  to  life  a  short  time  to  be  passed 2 3 
And  death?  coming  upon 4  [us],  devours 5  all  [things]6 7 
beautiful  f 

The  same  death  opens  the  heavens,  and  the  seats  of  the 
pious,8 

And  gives  to  the  just9  the  interior  kingdoms  of  God. 

|  (39.) 

Mausoleum. 

We  build 10  this  urn  for  us 11  and  for  remote  grandsons, 
May  &  future13  race 14  venerate  their  buried15  grandsires;15 
And,  moved  by  the  admonition 17  of  a  tomb  covering 18  pa¬ 
ternal19  bones, 

May  it  dread 20  sepulchres  built 21  in  a  foreign33  soil 

(40.) 

The  Poet. 

Who  has  seen  Muses  sitting  on  Mount 23  Parnassus, 

Where  softer  wave  flows  on 24  sacred  soil  ? 

Him  fame  of  learned 'poet  always  will  mark  out,25 

He  will  live,  whose 26  work  the  Muse  crowns  with  a 
smile.21 

Who  knows  not 28  all  the  rewards  of  hoped 29  laurel  ? 

Who  knows  not  that  his  head  is  green 30  with  sacred 
leaf ?31  - 

(41.) 

Rome. 

Divine  Romulus  made 32  an  eternal  city, 

Temples  of  the  Palatine  mount,  possess33  [ye]  Jupiter ! 

1.  Numen.  10.  Condo.  19.  Patrius.  27.  Risus. 

2.  Agendus.  11.  (Dat.  plur.)  20.  Horreo.  28.  Nescio. 

3.  Morsque.  12.  Serusque.  21.  Structus.  29.  Speratus. 

4.  Superveniens.  13.  Posterus.  22.  Externus.  30.  Vireo. 

5.  Voro.  14.  Gens.  23.  (Ablative.)  31.  Frons, 

fi.  Omnia.  -  15.  Compositus.  24.  In  (with  ablat.).  32.  Facio. 

7.  Bellus,  a,  um.  1G.  Avus.  25.  Distinguo.  ,  33.  Habetb. 

8.  (Plural.)  17.  Admonitus.  20.  Dative:  “to 

9.  (Plural. }  18.  Tego.  whom.” 


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The  valor 1  of  warriors *  guards 3  the  walls  through  ages,* 
The  love  of  a  name  increases 5  perpetual  praises  ; 

But  now  the  purple*  priest  hath  established 7  new  rights,8 
He 9  governs 10  by  arts  [those]  whom  the  ancients 11  [gov¬ 
erned]  by  arms. 

(42.) 

Early  Friendship . 

Claudius  and  Lycidas  had  parents  of  like  degree 12 
Fraternal  minds  and  contiguous 13  Lares  : 

And  as11  in  years,  so  in  studies,  both  nearly 15  twins,16 
They  approached17  ^ the  temples  of  the  Muses  wzYA  equal 18 
step  A 

[Him]  whom  o^e20  chooses 21  [as]  companion ,22  the  other 

embraces 23  [as]  companion, 

And  owe24  rejects  from  [his]  bosom  Am  tvAo  is  faith¬ 
less*5  to  [his]  friend*6 


(43.) 

Diana. 

*  J 

Diana  exercises*7  light  dances 28  over29  the  meads,*6 
And  prepares  nets  for  woodland 31  beast**  with  fraud. 

SAe  rouses 33  the  boar,  and  cruel 34  lions  from  [their]  dens  f 6 
The  tiger,  terrible  wzYA  grin*6  has  wounds. 
jBwi?  ye£37  the/im*38  goddess  spares  the  long-eared 39  hare, 
That  slaughter  befits10  not  the  dart  of  a  goddess. 
Admonished ,41  let  us  learn  not  to  pour  forth11*  such  life, 
Nor  let  innocent 43  blood11  pollute  our  arms. 


1.  Virtus. 

2.  Bellantum. 

3.  Servo. 

4.  Steculum. 

5.  Augeo. 

6.  Purpureus. 

7.  Pono. 

8.  Jus. 

9.  Ille. 

10.  Rego. 

11.  Vetus. 


12.  Similis. 

13.  Contiguusque. 

14.  Utque. 

15.  Paene. 

16.  Gemelli. 

17.  Adiere. 

18.  Parilis. 

19.  Gradus. 

20.  Hic. 

21.  Lego. 

22.  Comes. 


23.  Complector. 

24.  Ille. 

25.  Infidum. 

26.  Socius. 

27.  Exerceo. 

28.  Chorea. 

29.  Per. 

30.  Pratum. 

31.  Silvestris. 

32.  Fera. 

33.  Excito. 


34.  Saevusque. 

35.  Lusha. 

36.  Rictus. 

37.  Sed  tamen 

38.  Candidus. 

39.  Auritus. 

40.  Convenio. 

41.  Monitus. 

42.  Effundo. 

43.  Innocuus. 

44.  Cruor. 


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(45.) 

Grotto  of  Egeria. 

Ye  oaks  of  Aricinian1  valley,  and  horror  of  places, 

And  you,  ye  caves,2  arched 3  by  the  hand  of  nature, 
Fountain,  breaking  eternal  silence 4  with  light  bubblings,5 
Say 6  where  the  Nymph  of  Numa  may  lurk1  concealed .8 
The  airs9  answer,  or  seem 10  to  answer, 

[She]  whom  you  seek 11  wanders  over 12  this,  that,  and 
every  soil;12 

Wherever™  mildx6  nature  addresses 16  the  inquirer, 17 
There 18  lives  the  wife 19  and  counsel 20  of  Numa. 


(46.) 

Trees. 

I  could  wish  21  sweet  Muse,  that  you  would  relate22  the 
honors  of  the  woods, 

Nor,  Dryad,  may  it  shame 23  thee  to  unlock 24  secret  re¬ 
cesses, 22 

The  venerable  oak,  sacred  to  Jupiter,  stretches 26  its  shade, 

Oaken 27  crown  surrounds 28  the  head  of  heroes. 

To  which  the  beech 29  [is]  nearest,  and  fittest30  for  delicate 31 
graving-tool,32 

Beech,  which  the  pious  Muse  of  Virgil  sings  : 

Sad  yews33  are  bent  into 34  warlike 35  bows,36 

And  the  fertile  mountain-ash 37  has  red  berries  : 

The  vine  gives  cups,  plane-tree 38  [gives]  shade  to  drink - 
ers 39  . 

And  myrtle,  beloved 40  fo/  Venus, 41  surrounds  Me  hair  A 


1.  Aricinus. 

12.  Lustro. 

23.  Pudeat. 

33. 

Taxus. 

2.  Antraque  vos. 

13.  Omnis  solum. 

24.  Resero. 

34. 

In. 

3.  Laqueatus. 

14.  Quacunque. 

25.  Latebra. 

35. 

Bellicus. 

4.  (Plural.) 

15.  Mitis. 

26.  Pando. 

36. 

Cornu. 

5.  Scatebrae. 

16.  Alloquor. 

27.  (luemus. 

37. 

Ornus. 

6.  Dicite. 

17.  Petens. 

28.  Cingo. 

38. 

Platanus. 

7.  Lateo.  f 

18.  Ibi. 

29.  Fagus. 

39. 

Potans. 

8.  Abditus. 

19.  Conjux. 

30.  Aptissimus. 

40. 

Amatus. 

9.  Aura. 

20.  Consiliumque. 

31.  Facilis. 

41. 

(Dative.) 

10.  Videor. 

21.  Velim. 

32.  Tornus. 

42. 

Coma. 

11.  Peto. 

22.  Memores. 

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(47.) 

The  Ravages  of  Time. 

Alas !  with  reason ?  [0]  flying  Time?  we  fear  thy  thefts, 
Thou  mowest1 2 3  all  things  on*  the  earth 5  with  thy  scythe  f 
On  [thy]  brow1  thou  bearest  hair ;  but,  lest  we  may  catch 8 
[th  ee}  going? 

Swift10  wings  carry  thee  through  space.11 12 
PhcFMcian 12  gardens  lately13  blushed 14  in  these  valleys, 
Unhappy  darnel 15  now  sways16  the  fields. 

These  streams 17  lately  bathed10  marble  towers, 

But  now  gloomy13  poverty30  makes  wild21  the  place. 

Thou  makest 22  this  havoc?3  [0]  Time  ;2*  but  as,  by  always 25 

flying?* 

Thou  hastenesf  [thy]  silent  passage ,28  so  [will]  I29 
[hasten]  the  work  of  the  mind. 


(48.) 

Sailing  on  a  Summer's  JVight. 

[It  is]  sweet30  to  plough31  the  deep 32  under  summer33  moon, 
When  careened 34  vessel 35  glides36  on  placid  waters : 37 
Silent 38  oars39  are  dipped 40  [in]  the  serene 41  surface ?2 

Languid  air  hardly 43  moves  the  canvas**  folds  ;* 5 
Here,  touched  with  silver,  an  ancient 46  city  is  descried*’’  by 
the  passenger ;48 7 

Here  a  mountain  begins  to  fade?9  which  sways 50  the 
waters. 

The  vessel51  again  glides  between 52  peaceful 53  fields, 

Where  life,  suspended  for  a  little  time?*  is  silent ; 


1.  Merito. 

2.  iEtas. 

3.  Meto. 

4.  In. 

5.  (Plural.) 

G.  Falx. 

7.  Fronte. 

8.  Rapio. 

9.  Eo  (pres,  part.) 

10.  Velox. 

11.  Inanis  (accus. 

sing.  neut.). 

12.  Phaeax,  acis. 

13  Modo. 


14.  Rubeo. 

15.  Lolium. 

16.  Dominor. 

17.  Flumen. 

18.  Lavo. 

19.  Ater. 

20.  Pauperies. 

21.  Effero,  afe. 

22.  Efficio. 

23.  Strages. 

24.  Tempus. 

25.  Usque. 

26.  Volo  (gerund). 

27.  Accelero. 


28.  Lapsus. 

29.  Ego. 

30.  Suavis. 

31.  Sulco. 

32.  Profundum. 

33.  iEstivus. 

34.  Unctus. 

35.  Abies. 

36.  Labor.  > 

37.  Placidus  unda. 

38.  Tacitus. 

39.  Tonsa. 

40.  Tingo. 

41.  Immotus. 


42.  Marmor. 

43.  Vix.  . 

44.  Carbaseus. 

45.  Sinus. 

46.  Vetus. 

47.  Aperior. 

48.  Iens  (dat.). 

49.  Raresco. 

50.  Dominor. 

51.  Ratis. 

52.  Interlabor. 

53.  Pacatus. 

54.  (Ablativo  > 


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Meanwhile 1  grief 2  is  hushed 3  by  the  lyre?  and  the  water 5 
Delights 6  to  bear  the  soft 7  melody 8  ora  [its]  bosom.9 

(49.) 

Concealed  Sorrow. 

I  read , painted10  on  wretched  brow 11  and  wrinkles 12  of  the 
powerful?9 

That  Fortune  sells 14  what15  you  may  think  [her]  to  have 
given?6 

And  that  groans  fo/  day  ?r  sleeplessness18  by  night,  pay  for19 
The  faithless90  smiles 21  and  false  blessings"  of  the  goddess. 

Ae23  who  hath  cleared  away 24  clouds95  from  sad  brow?6 
Whom  each  relation 27  esteems96  for99  happy, 

If  he  Z»«230  showed 31  the  cares  raging 32  in  his  breast, 

Would  change 33  admiring 34  envy"  into  tears?6 
Mourning 37  inwardly?6  he  wears 39  /Ae  mask?0  of  a  happy 11 
[man]  ; 

He  is  happy  to  others,  but  himself 42  wretched 43  to  himself  ?* 

(50.) 

Revenge. 

When  Revenge 15  provokes 46  the  mortal  race47  with  furies, 
Not  any  day 18  mitigates  rage  of  heart. 

Then  a/so49  interrupted  pleasure  of  friendship  flies, 

And  mind,  estranged  from50  joys?1  seeks  slaughter. 
Therefore?9  when 53  the  Indian 54  shall  have  conceived  the 
mad  desire 55  of  Revenge, 

Sedulous  he  urges  his  journey  through  forests 56  and 
mountains. 


1.  Interea. 

15.  Q,ute. 

29.  Pro. 

43.  Miser. 

2.  Luctus. 

16.  Tribuo. 

30.  Modo. 

44.  Sui. 

3.  Sopio. 

17.  Die. 

31.  Monstraret. 

45.  Vindicta. 

4.  Cithara. 

18.  Insomnium  (pi.).  32.  Grassans. 

46.  Lacesso. 

5.  Unda. 

19.  Penso. 

33.  Verto. 

47.  Genus. 

6.  Gestio. 

20.  Infidus. 

34.  Mirans. 

48.  Ulla  dies. 

7.  Dulcisonus. 

21.  RiSus  (accus.). 

35.  Invidia. 

49.  Quoque. 

8.  Melos. 

22.  Bonum  (accus.). 

.  36.  (Ablative.) 

50.  Alienus. 

9.  (Ablative.) 

23.  Hic  quoque. 

37.  Moerens. 

51.  Laetis. 

10.  Pictum. 

-24.  Detergo. 

38.  Intus. 

52.  Ergo. 

11.  Frons  (abi.). 

25.  Nubila. 

39.  Ille  gei;o. 

53.  Ubi. 

12.  Rugaeque  (abi.). 

26.  (Dative.) 

40.  Persona. 

54.  Indus. 

13.  Potens. 

27.  Propinquus. 

41.  Beatus. 

55.  Rabies. 

14.  (Acc.  with  inf.). 

28.  Ilabeo. 

42.  Ipse. 

56.  Nemus. 

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Cold 1  waters  from*  fountains  hinder  him  not, 

For  such  fury  hath  settled 3  to  the  bones *  of  him  wretched. 
When  royal 5  Juno  vowed  destruction  of  Troy, 

Sad  anger  raged 6  with  hand  against 1  Iliadae. 

Why  does  unhappy  hatred  burn 8  in  heavenly  minds  ? 
Anger  against  wretched  mankind 9  becomes 10  not  gods. 

(51.) 

Passages  from  Psalm  19. 

TAe  azure 11  [places]  which  ifAow  beholdest 12  sown13  far  and 
wide 14  with  szgTzs,15 

constellations 16  sing  testifying 17  [their]  author ; 

The  unwearied 18  Sun,  who  cw^s19  daily  way20  in  [his]  car,21 
Sings  in  concert33  and  spreads33  the  truth3*  to  either33  pole. 
The  Moon  repeats  wonders 26  to  the  listening31  earth, 

And  piercing 28  the  darkness 29  relates 30  where 31  sAe  was 
born32 

What  if  a//33  the  bright 34  Aosif35  around  the  opaque  ball33 
While  it  is  silent,  always31  performs33  ethereal  dances  V3 
What  if  the  stars  send  forth*0  neither  voice  nor  words  ? 

Ye£41  each  appears 42  to  the  mind*3  to  utter**  a  sound  ; 

And  the  seasons 45  going  in  fixed  order  celebrate 
Both  the  impelling*3  hands,  and  God  the  Maker.*1 

(52.) 

The  Sabbath. 

Sacred  day*3  brings*9  [rest]  to  earth,  and  rest30  to  cultivators ,51 
May  this  sacred  day  be  to  me  a  newness 52  of  life. 


1.  Gelidus. 

2.  De. 

3.  Sedit. 

4.  Ad  ossa. 

5.  Regius. 

6.  Saeviit. 

7.  In. 

8.  Ardeo. 

9.  Homines. 

10.  Decet. 

11.  Caerulus  (neut. 

plur.). 

12.  Specto. 

13.  Consitus. 


14.  Late. 

15.  Signum. 

16.  Sidusque. 

17.  Testificatus. 
Is.  Indefessus. 

19.  Seco. 

20.  Iter. 

21.  Axis. 

22.  Concino. 

23.  Pando. 

24.  Verum. 

25.  Uterque. 

26.  Miraculum. 


27.  Auscultans. 

28.  Rumpens. 

29.  Tenebrae. 

30.  Refero. 

31.  Unde. 

32.  Sim  ortus. 

33.  Cunctus. 

34.  Lucidus. 

35.  Cohors. 

36.  Orbis. 

37.  Usque. 

38.  Perago. 

39.  Chorus. 


40.  Remitto. 

41.  At. 

42.  Visus  sum. 

43.  Animus.  ^ 

44.  Reddo. 

45.  Tempestas. 

46.  Motrix. 

47.  Artifex. 

48.  Sacra  dies. 

49.  Affero. 

50.  Requiesque. 

51.  Colens. 

52.  Novitas. 


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For*  on  this  day 2  the  Savior3  burst  the  sepulchre, 

And  victorious *  said  to  death,  Fly3  from*  [this]  world.1 

Therefore,8  let  it  shame  the  world  to  be  disturbed 9  with  sad 
arms, 

And  as10  the  field 11  from  arms,  so  may  forums  be  free 12 
from  litigation  A 

On  this  day**  also 15  may  ill-persuading 16  hunger 17  of  gain 
rest,*3  ~ 

And 19  may  the  breast 20  love  which{ *3)  conceives  hatred 
within. 

But  not  myrrhs 21  wept 22  from  happy  bark,33 

And3*  not  lamb 25  sk'w(24)  in  temples  will  be  an  expiation ,25 

But  mind 27  pure  and  not  agitated  by  tumult  of  vice  ; 

Mild  offerings 38  suit 29  a  mild  God. 

(530 

Prayer. 

What  lamentations 30  jfi//31  the  sad  roof 33  of  Sareptan33  [fe¬ 
male]  ?  '  .  ■ 

Alas  !  a  dead  son  within3*  occupies 35  the  bed. 

But38  the  Prophet31  relieves38  [her]  tears,  and  by  prayers 
restores33' 

Both  soul  to  the  limbs 40  and 41  day  to  the  eyes. 

Ground 12  is  parched,*3  and  thirsting**  parsley*5  droops 40  in  the 
garden, 

The  just  man 17  by  prayer  gives  heavenly*8  waters  to  the 
earth. 

Dire  famine*3  wastes53  villages  j*  the  pious  lips  of  one  praying53 

Burst 53  the  barns5*  and  bring  joy. 


1.  Scilicet. 

15.  Quoque. 

29.  Convenio. 

42.  Humus. 

2.  Lux. 

16.  Malesuadus. 

30.  Planctus. 

43.  Areo. 

3.  Salvator. 

17.  Fames. 

31.  Repleo. 

44.  Sitiensque-. 

4.  Victor. 

18.  Quiesco. 

32.  Tectum  (plur.). 

45.  Apium. 

5.  Volo. 

19.  Quodque. 

33.  Sareptinus. 

46.  Languesco. 

6.  Ab. 

20.  Pectus. 

34.  Intus. 

47.  Justus. 

7.  Orbis. 

21.  Myrrhae. 

35.  Habeo. 

48.  Ccelestis. 

8.  Ergo. 

22.  Lacrymatus. 

36.  At. 

49.  Fames. 

9.  Miscerier. 

23.  Cortex. 

37.  Vates. 

50.  Vexo. 

10.  Utque. 

24.  Caesusque. 

38.  Subvenio.- 

51.  Pagus. 

11.  Campus. 

25.  Agna. 

39.  Reporto. 

52.  Precans. 

12.  Vaco. 

26.  Piamen. 

40.  Membrum. 

53.  Distendo. 

13.  Lis. 

27.  Mens. 

41.  Lumenque. 

54.  Horreum. 

14.  Lux. 

28.  Sacra. 

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I  was  sad,1  and  was  complaining 2  of  heats,3  of  fever,  and 
losses ;* 

And  I  said,  “  Thou,  [my]  companion 6  bring6  solace1  to 
[my]  care.” 

But  the  consoler 8  equally 9  seeking  consolation 10  for  himself, 
Answered 11  “  /  myself 12  ask  the  solace 13  that  you  seek.” 

Come,  then ,14  fts?  enter16  the  temple 16  of  [our]  Divine 
Parent,  - 

And  let  <(Ae  m£17  which  human  reason 18  denies  be  obtain¬ 
ed1 9  by  prayer. 

(54.) 

YAe 

Where  Cumcean 20  rocks21  rise  upright 22  over  raging 23  waves, 
And  dismal 24  horror  broods 25  over  cruel26  waters, 

Caverns  worn  ftftYA  age27  give  «ft  abode23  to  the  prophetic 29 
Sibyl ;  . 

Norjfar  ojf33  is  the  dire  way  to  the  black  gods. 

Youthful  Phoebus  oftce31  had  loved  Aer32  tender, 

And  had  said,  “  I  will  give  [thee]  a  gift,  c/o  thou23  only3* 
demand  [it].- 


[She]  asked36  a  prophetic  mind  and  life  without  end  : 

[He]  opens26  fates  to  her  eyes,  [he]  gives  days  without  end. 
The  unwed21  prophetess33  counts  six  hundred  birth-days, 
And  sees  the  vine  to  have  blushed 39  so  often, 

And,  wearied 40  with  living,  says,  pouring  sighs  f 

“  Oh  life  more  sad  to  me  than  funeral  piles 42  built  up  /”43 
But  when  [her]  heart* 4  swells  with  rage*6  then  sluggish 46  age 
Is  put  off:*1  [her]  hairs 48  are  scattered  without  order;*3 


1.  Tristis. 

2.  Queror. 

3.  iEstus. 

4.  Damnum. 

5.  Comes. 

6.  Affero. 

7.  Opis. 

8.  Solator. 

9.  Pariter. 

10.  Solatium  (plur. 

11.  Refero. 

12.  Ipse. 

13.  Auxilium. 


14.  Ergo  age. 
15i  Subeo. 

16.  (Plural.) 

17.  Quies. 

18.  Ratio. 

19.  Partus. 

20.  Cumeeus. 

21.  Saxum. 

22.  Rigeo. 
.23.  Fremens. 

24.  Luridus. 

25.  Incubo. 


26.  Sffivus  (dat.). 

27.  Exesus. 

28.  iEdes  (plur.). 

29.  Fatidicus. 

30.  Procul. 

31.  Olim. 

32.  Hanc.i 

33.  Tu. 

34.  Modo. 

35.  Rogo. 

36.  Aperio. 

37.  Inniibus. 


38.  Vates. 

39.  Erubeo. 

40.  Lassusque. 

41.  Suspirium. 

42.  Rogus. 

43.  Exstructus. 

44.  Cor  (plur.). 

45.  Rabies. 

46.  Piger. 

47.  Exuo. 

48.  Coma. 

49.  Mos. 


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Then  the  color  [is]  not 1  the  same 2  to  [her]  singing  the 
secrets  of  fate, 

And  [her]  form  then  suddenly  will  be  like  a  Deity.3 


(54.)  >  .  • 

Robinson  Crusoe  Speaks. 

I  go  forth*  alone,  the  ruler 3  of  a  vast  desert 3 6 

The  whole  land ,7  wherever 8  it  extends 9  acknowledges 10 11 
me  [as  its]  lord. 

Both  wild  beasts 11  and  harmonious 12  birds 13  [are]  to  me  a 
nation  ;14 

I  fear13  not  snares  from13  such  a  nation. 

And  bird11  imitator 18  of  human  voice,  is  [my]  friend, 

Bird  safer19  than  human  friendships. 

And  hides 20  stripped  off 21  from  beasts 22  are  esteemed23  by  me 
a  garment, 

Which,  sewn  together2*  with  bark,  betrays 23  rude  needles. 

The  kid 26  from 27  the  wild23  flock  affords  an  unbought 20  ' 
table, 

Liquid  fountains  give  cups,  and  the  herbage30  a  bed.31 

[My]  cave  supplies 32  barns33  foi  fruits 34  and  corn;33 

Roofs  woven 36  with  slender  reed 37  give  Lares. 

Mountains,  plains  33  convexities 39  of  the  heavens 40  [are]  to  me 
temples, 

Built 41  by  the  hands  of  God,  worthy  [their]  own  Deity .*2 

But  whatever 43  surrounds 44  [my]  feet,  what*3  [surrounds]  my 
eyes,  is  God ; 

/  acknowledge*3  the  Divinity 47  who  speaks  to 48  my  heart.*9 


1.  Haud. 

.  Unus. 

3.  Numinis  instar. 

4.  Incedo. 

5.  Regnator. 

6.  Eremus  (fem.). 

7.  Soltim. 

8.  Qua. 

9.  Pateo. 

10.  Agnosco. 

11.  Sil  vestrisque. 

fera. 

12.  Canorus. 


13.  Volucres. 

14.  Gens. 

15.  Ego  tremo. 

16.  De. 

17.  Ales. 

18.  Imitatrix. 

19.  TutuS. 

20.  Pellis. 

21.  Exutus, 

22.  Fera. 

23.  Habeor. 

24.  Consutus. 

25.  Prodo. 


26.  Capra. 

27.  De. 

28.  Silvestris. 

29.  Inemptus. 

30.  Herba. 

31.  Torus. 

32.  Suppedito. 

33.  Horreum. 

34.  Pomum. 

35.  Fruges  (plur.). 

36.  Textus. 

37.  Juncus. 


38.  Campus. 

39.  Convexa. 

40.  Polus  (plur.). 

41.  Structus. 

42.  Numen. 

43.  Quodcunque. 

44.  Cingo. 

45.  Quod. 

46.  Agnosco. 

47.  Deus. 

48.  Alloquor. 

49.  (Plural.) 


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(55.) 

The  Beggar. 

O  rich  [man]  !  pity 1  me  bearing 2  unworthy  things 3 

Whom  limbs 4  have  scarce  borne 5  to  [your]  joyful  doors;6 
Whose1  life  hastens  to  an  end,  and  desired 8  repose ;9 

Whose16  food11  itself  is  more  dire  than  dire  hunger.12 
[Ye]  winds  and  breasts13  surpassing 14  winds  in  cruelty16 
Conquered 16  by  prayers,  spare  an  old  man  full  of  years.11 
For,  faint 18  and  solitary,  I  wander  through 19  cities  and 
plains, 

And  stony 20  earth  has  worn  away21  [my]  bruised 22  foot. 
Where  afar 23  the  ample  house  rises  [with]  lofty 24  columns, 
Where  the  table,  loaded 25  with  various  dainties  26  groans, 
Unhappy  I  poured  groans21  and  asked  fragments 29 

Hoping  to  bend  the  hearts  of  the  bacchanalian 29  crew;36 
But  that 31  crew 32  exultingly33  mocked 34  [my]  sighs, 

And  bantered 36  wine  supplying36  jests  3\ 

And  while 38  brimmed 39  cups  are  drained f  luxurious 41 
Reveller 42  exclaims,  “  Pour  winej3  and  pour  more 14  wine;” 
And  pampered 45  servants 46  ridiculed 17  my  fastings, 48 
And  watchful 49  dog  barked  with  fierce50  mouth. 

Oh  !  fierce51  Poverty,  f/icm  dimmest52  lights 53  of  the  sun, 
Cafe  buries 54  thy  offspring  before  [their]  day, 

For  common  beam55  of  sun,  and  nightly 56  lamp, 

Scarcely  shine  preferable 51  to  darkness  to  the  poor  : 

To  them  Camcence  present 58  not  access59  to  [their]  temples, 
But  horror  of  prison 60  is  always  present 61  to  [their]  minds 


1.  Miserere. 

17.  Annosus. 

32.  Coetus. 

47.  Ludo. 

2.  Fero. 

18.  JEiger. 

33.  Exultim. 

48.  Jejunium. 

3.  Non  digna. 

19.  Pererro. 

34.  Rideo. 

49.  Pervigil. 

4.  Membrum. 

20.  Scrupeus. 

35.  Ludo. 

50.  Ferus. 

5.  Fero. 

21.  Tero. 

36.  (Ablat.  abs.) 

51.  Ferus. 

6.  Fores. 

22.  Lacerus. 

37j,  Jocus. 

52.  Hebeto. 

7.  Cui. 

23.  Procul. 

38.  Dumque. 

53.  Lumen. 

8.  Petitus. 

24.  Excelsus. 

39.  Coronatus. 

54.  Funero. 

9.  Requies. 

25.  Oneratus. 

40.  Sicco. 

55.  Jubar. 

10.  Cui. 

26.  Dapes. 

41.  Inunctus. 

56.  Nocturnus. 

11.  Cibus. 

27.  Gemitus. 

42.  Potor. 

57.  Potiora. 

12.  Fames. 

28.  Frustum. 

43.  Merum. 

58.  PrEebeo. 

13.  Pectus. 

29.  Bacchans. 

44.  Addo. 

59.  Aditus. 

14.  Supero. 

30.  Chorus. 

45.  Satur. 

60.  Career. 

15.  Durities. 

16.  Vinco. 

31.  Ast  ille. 

46.  Servus. 

61.  Adsum. 

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„  (56.) 

Tyranny. 

Thrice 1  wretched  is  he,  whom  the  base 2  yoke,  whom  the 
chains 3  of  a  tyrant 

Compel *  to  have  passed 5  [his]  days  in  slavery. 

In  vain  nature  spreads 6  joy7  through  the  world,8 
In  vain  every9  grove 10  gives  soft-sounding11  melody; 
Grieving  deeply,12  he  leaves  [his]  bed  of 13  foul  straw,1* 
When  the  cock 15  calls  the  purple  day  with  [his]  mouth : 
Where  gentle 16  air  is  warm 17  and  sky18  always  unclouded ;19 
And  the  Sun,  about  to  enter  on 20  [his]  heavenly  journey,21 
is  red,22 

Among  odorous 23  myrrh-trees,2*  near  rivers 25  of  which 
The  gold-bearing 26  wave  carries27  riches  to  people;28 
Among  these  things  the  inhabitant29  mourns  hard  bridles 36 
of  slavery, 

And  drags 31  cruel  chains  with  unwilling' 32  foot. 

Thou  also,  fruitful32  nurse  of  great  men,  ‘  - 

Italian 34  land,  liesf5  subdued 3S  by  slavery. 

7Ae  slave 37  tends 38  sheep  f  not  for  himself f  but  for  a  master ; 
He  endures 41  thousand  taedia,  not  for  himself,  but  for  master. 


Where*2  olive-trees 43  bloom,**  and  where  the  grape  [is] 
ripest,*5  he  saddens  ,*5 

And  sees  corn*7  soon*8  to  be  cut 49  by  [his]  sickle 50  in  vain. 

He  hungers,51  while  he  places  the  banquet 52  abundantly 53  in 
the  hall, 

He  himself 64  thirsts,  while  he  holds  forth55  cups  to  [his] 
lord. 


1.  Ter.  15.  Gallus. 

2.  Turpis.  16.  Levis. 

3.  Vinclum.  -  17.  Tepeo. 

4.  Cogo.  18.  iEther. 

5.  Praetereo.  19.  Innubilis. 

6.  Spargo.  20.  Initurus. 

7.  Laetitia.  21.  Iter. 

8.  Orbis.  22.  Rubeo. 

9.  Omnis.  23.  Odoratus. 

10.  Nemus.  *  24.  Myrrha,  te.  r 

11.  Blandisonus.  25.  Flumen. 

12.  Multa.  26.  Aurifer. 

13.  De.  27.  Gero. 

14.  Foedus  stramen.  28.  (Plural.) 


29.  Incola., 

30.  Duros  fraenos. 

31.  Traho. 

32.  Invitus. 

33.  Fecundus. 

34.  Italus. 

35.  Jaceo. 

36.  Subactus. 

37.  Verna. 

38.  Custodio. 

39.  Bidens. 

40.  Sibi. 

41.  Subeo. 

42.  Q,ua. 

I 


43.  Olea. 

44.  Frondeo. 

45.  Nigerrimus. 

46.  Moereo. 

47.  Sata. 

48.  Mox. 

49.  Secandus. 

50.  Falx. 

51.  Esurio. 

52.  Coena. 

53.  Ubertim. 

54.  Ipse. 

55.  Porrigo. 


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FART  III. 


In  Northern 1  cold  Fortune  would  have  better  given2 
A  shelter 3  where  stiff  frost1  contracts  the  fields;5 
Or  the  wandering  houses  and  uncultivated  realms  of 
Numidae, 

Where  herbage 6  refuses 7  to  clothe 8  the  exhausted 9  soil ; 
Than  to  pass 10  trembling  hours  under  the  front  of  a  tyrant, 
Than  to  give  up 12  neck 13  to  unjust  yoke  of  lord. 

(57.) 

Country  Retirement. 

Snatch 14  me  from  the  crowd,15  ruler 16  of  great  Olympus  ; 
Mayest  thou  give  recesses 17  of  caverns,  and  foliage 18  of 
groves. 

Snatch  me  from  the  crowd,  unless 19  the  Fates  resist 20  [my] 
prayers,21 

Fates,  alas  !22  conspiring  against 23  my  vows. 

Mayest  thou  approach, 24  O  Light,  golden 25  and  dear 26  to  me 
praying, 

Mayest  thou  approach,  auspicious21  day,  more  full  than 
wealth;2* 

When 29  it  may  be  allowed  to  rae,30  removed  afar  from  clamor¬ 
ous 31  city, 

And  from  cares  which  are  wont 32  to  rend 33  the  breast,34. 

To  inhale35  the  zephyrs  in  woods,  and  pleasing 36  coolness,31 
And  to  approach 38  again 39  places  known  to  [me]  a  boy. 
Hail  for  us10  again  f  ye  happy  recesses, 

And  thou,  rustic  crowd,  once12  beloved  by  me. 

I  do  not  seek 43  fruits  and  gardens  of  Phceaciansfi 
And  cups  of  King  Alcinous  mixed  with  wine  ;4 5 


1.  Arctous. 

13.  (Plural.) 

24.  Advenio. 

35.  Capto. 

2.  Melius  dedisset. 

14.  Eripio. 

25.  Aureolus. 

36.  Arpcenus. 

3.  Tegmen  (plur.).  15.  (Dative.) 

26.  Carus. 

37.  Frigus  (accus.) 

4.  Gelu. 

16.  Moderator. 

27.  Almus. 

38.  Adeo. 

5.  Arvum. 

17.  Latebrae. 

28.  Opes. 

39.  Rursus. 

6.  Herba. 

18.  Coma. 

29.  Quum. 

40.  Salvete  nobis. 

7.  Nego. 

19.  Ni. 

30.  (Dative.) 

41.  Iterum. 

8.  Vestio. 

20.  Repugno. 

31.  Clamosus. 

42.  Quondam. 

9.  Eff'oetus. 

21.  (Dative.) 

32.  Soleo. 

43.  Requiro. 

10.  Dego. 

22.  Eheu. 

33.  Lacero. 

44.  Phaeaces. 

11.  Tremulus. 

23.  Insidiatus. 

34.  Animus. 

45.  Merum. 

12.  Trado. 

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99 


I  do  not  desire 1  talents  of  wrought 2  and  unwrought3  gold, 
Or  purer  and  more  mellow *  wine 5  in  casks;6 
Nor  that  I  should  come  forth1  from  lofty 8  threshold 9  with  em¬ 
broidered 10 

Garments,  adorned,  and  conspicuous  to  my 11  [friends] 
Not  weights 12  of  Croesus,  accompanied 13  by  grief1*  of  Crcesus ; 

Not  thy  form  do  I  desire,  beautiful 15  Adonis  ; 

But  I  seek  woods 16  and  rocks 11  tufted 18  with  moss,19 
And  sweet  choirs  of  Dryads  and  Pierides. 

The  Muse  seeks  plains ;  the  country  is  worthy  even 20  of 
Apollo ; 

Apollo  himself,  a  herdsman31  once 33  tended 23  oxen. 

Shall  it,  then311  grieve36  a  mortal  to  have  cultivated  plains, 
Or  to  weave36  flowery  chaplets31  with  skillful 28  hand  1 

(58.) 

Navigation. 

The  brave39  [men]  who  steered 30  the  first  keel  through  the 
waters, 

Nor  feared  winds  nor  swelling 31  sea, 

Saw  the  rainy33  Hyades  33  and  the  monsters  of  the  deep,3i 
And  the  dire  things  which 35  the  waters  threaten  to  wretch¬ 
ed  man. 

But36  hence  riches ;  hence  the  merchant  rushes31  to  the 
Indi ; 

What  the  Seric 38  land 39  has  poured  forth*9  ours  receives*1 
The  bold*3  mariner  cleaves*3  his  way**  through  distant 45 
waves,*6 

And  sees  rocks,  and  sea,*1  with  unmoved  bosom.*8 


1.  Cupio. 

2.  Factus. 

3.  Infectus. 

4.  Languidus. 

5.  Vinum. 

6.  Cadus. 

7.  Prodeo. 

8.  Sublimis. 

9.  Limen. 

10.  Pictus. 

11.  Meis. 

12.  Pondus. 


13.  Comitatus. 

14.  Dolor. 

15.  Pulcher. 

16.  Lucus. 

17.  Saxum. 

18.  Circumlitus. 

19.  Muscus. 

20.  Et. 

21.  Pastor. 

22.  Quondam. 

23.  Ago. 

24.  Igitur. 


25.  Piget. 

26.  Texo. 

27.  Sertum. 

28.  Doctus. 

29.  Fortis. 

30.  Flecto. 

31.  Tumidus. 

32.  Tristis. 

33.  (Greek  aecus.) 

34.  Profundum. 

35.  Quaeque — dira. 

36.  Ast. 


37.  Ruo. 

38.  Sericus. 

39.  Tellus. 

40.  Fundo. 

41.  Capio. 

42.  Fortis. 

43.  Scindo. 

44.  Iter. 

45.  Longinquus. 

46.  Unda. 

47.  Fretum. 

48.  Sinus. 


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FART  III. 


Certainly  some  friendly  constellationi  'protects 2  sailors, 
Certainly  the  Deity 3  protects 1  the  daring 5  with  love. 

The  sighs  of  a  beloved  object 6  breathe  gently 7  from i  [their] 
country, 

Zfrat/9  vows  draw  Mem10  to  their  country. 

Hence  vast  Columbia  gives  riches 11  to  [him]  seeking  her. 
Hence  planted12  fruit-tree12  of  foreign  field  grows D 
The  English 15  sailor  urges  [his]  course 16  through  /cmg 17 
waves, 

And  rejoicing 18  visits  either 19  house  of  the  Sun. 

He  forsakes™  tender  wife,  and  faithful21  relations ,22 
But  hopes  otf  length 23  to  have  Ais  oww24  Lares. 

And  being  agitated  by  rude 25  winds,  Ae  demands 26  rest 
On  grass21  which  Tamesis  laves  with  silent  stream.2* 
Scorched 29  by  suns,  he  hopes  to  himself  «so??ze  coo/  Tempe20 
And  places  where 31  the flower -bearing22  Zephyr  refreshes 33 
the  fields.™ 


(59.) 

The  Infant  Tomb. 

I  will  scatter  flowers  fo  the  blooming  f  and  sweets 36  to  the 
sweet, 

Where 37  the  yew-tree  darkens 38  the  ground  filled 39  with 
graves. 

Here  the  corpse  and  the  cares  of  the  tender  infant  repose f° 
Whom  Death , pitying, 11  hath  taken12  [while]  void12  of  evil. 
I  know  not  what 11  of  sacredness12  fills15  the  silent11  twilight  j* 


The  sad'* 

air50  mourns 51 

with  solemn  murmur. 

1.  Sidus. 

14i  Vigeo. 

27.  Gramen. 

40.  Quiesco. 

2.  Tutor. 

15.  Anglicus. 

28.  Amnis. 

41.  Miseratus. 

3.  Numen. 

16.  Iter. 

29.  Exustus. 

42.  Fero. 

4.  Tego. 

17.  Immensus. 

30.  Frigida  Tempe. 

43.  Expers. 

5.  Audax. 

18.  Exultans. 

31.  Q,ua. 

44.  Nescio-quid. 

6.  Amica. 

19.  Uterque. 

32.  Florifer. 

45.  Sacrum. 

7.  Leniter. 

20.  Desero. 

33.  Foveo. 

46.  Compleo. 

8.  E. 

21.  Fidus. 

34.  Arvum. 

47.  Taciturnus. 

9.  Benignus. 

22.  Propinquus. 

35.  Florenti. 

48.  Crepusculum 

10.  Ille. 

23.  Tandem. 

36.  Dulcia. 

(pluf.). 

11.  Gaza. 

24.  Proprius. 

37.  Qua. 

49.  Mcestior. 

12.  Consitus. 

25-.  Iniquus. 

38.  Opaco. 

50.  Aura. 

13.  Pomus. 

28.  Posco. 

39.  Plenus. 

51.  Gemo. 

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Here,  mindful  of  fate,  let  us  sit  duly 1  under  the  shade  ; 

The  mournful 2  shade  itself  suggests 3  pious  tears. 

O  infant,  snatched  away *  too  soon5  from  [thy]  wretched 
parent ,6 

And  thou  who  mournest1  sad  funerals  of  offspring ,8 

Accept  [ye]  these  tears :  [I]  will  at  least9  discharge 10  this 
empty 

Duty ;u  although 12  words  may  flow,  not  about  to  avail™ 

Happy,  who  has  fled  the  thousand  ills  of  lingering  age,15 

And  the  threshold  of  death  harder 16  than  burial.™ 

Who  lived  only  that  he  might  sip 18  the  joys  of  life, 

As  the  bee  sips  the  sweets 19  in  the  vernal  season. 

As  the  blast 20  of  Eurus  in  spring  the  renascent 21  flowers 

Has  cut  off,22  [so]  unexpected 23  death  snatches 2*  Alcander. 

But  just  now 25  he  began  to  distinguish 26  maternal  smiles,21 

And  [his]  beauteous  face  began  to  resemble 28  [his] 

t 

father ; 

And 29  now  his  tongueij 9)  was  breaking  [its]  chains  with 
first  motion, 

And  words  half  uttered 30  poured  forth 31  melody. 

In  vain  the  care  of  an  affectionate32  mother  watched  over33 
[him]  beloved  ; 

Torn  hence3*  he  inhabits  dark  places35 

But36  she,  anxious,  cherishes31  [his]  tomb,  revolving 38  in 
heart 

Sad  things,  now  approaching 39  God  with  trembling™ 
voice ; 

That 41  day  without  stain,*2  or*3  error  atonable **  by  a  little*5 

May  avail*5  to  conciliate*1  angelic 48  choirs. 


1.  Rite. 

13.  Valiturus. 

25.  Jam  nunc. 

37.  Foveo. 

2.  Flebilis. 

14.  Tardus 

26.  Dignosco. 

38.  Volutans. 

3.  Moneo. 

15.  Senecta. 

27.  Risus. 

39.  Adiens. 

4.  Direptus. 

16.  Durus. 

28.  Refero. 

40.  Tremens 

5.  Citius. 

17.  Exequice. 

29.  Linguaque. 

41.  Ut. 

6.  (Dative.) 

18.  Libo. 

30.  Dimidiatus. 

42.  Labes. 

7.  Doleo.  - 

19.  Suavia. 

31.  Fundo  (imperf.).  43.  Ve. 

8.  Proles. 

20.  Halitus. 

32.  Pius. 

44.  Piabilis. 

9.  Saltem. 

21.  Renascens. 

33.  Invigilo. 

45.  Minimum 

10.  Fungor. 

22.  Abscindo. 

34.  Abreptus. 

46.  Prosum. 

11.  Munus. 

23.  Inopinus. 

35.  Locos. 

47.  Concilio. 

12.  Licet. 

24.  -Rapio. 

36.  Tamen. 

48.  Angelicus 

I  'l 

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j But1  [thou,  O]  God,  pour 2  solace 3  into  a  mother’s  heart? 
And  [thou,  O]  darling  of  infants 6  make*  thy  way  to  the  stars.1 

(60.) 

Piety  and  Impiety. 

As  a  rock 8  remains  unmoved,  and  derides 9  the  storm? 

While  wind  and  wave  stir  up11  battles 12  around? 

It  is  supported 14  by  gigantic15  weight,  and  amid 
The  rage  of  storms?  loftier 17  seeks  the  stars  ; 

So  a  mind 18  strengthened 19  by  virtues 20  caste  back 21  the  tem¬ 
pests22  of  life ; 

Thus  it  smiles?  when  the  winter  of  fate  threatens ;24 
Not  shades  of  lofty  groves,  not  darkness 25  by  night, 

Not  places 26  which  many 27  an  image  of  death  seeks, 
Dreams,  magic  terrors,  and.gAoste28  [from]  sepulchres 
Drawn  forth?  which  dire  sorceress 30  calls  to  light?1 
These  things,  although  they  be 32  dire,  do  not  disturb 33  the 
breast 34  of  the  just  [man]  ; 

To  him  day  always 35  shines36  purer  m  orb  ;37 
Let  banquets 38  be  sa<739  to  others,  let  luscious 40  [things] 
turn  sour  ;41 

To  him  it  is  luxury?2  to  have  satiated 43  hunger. 

While  straw 44  is  a  couch?  a  small  cottage 46  [is]  great  75e- 

wates  ; 

He  happy  till s47  field?  Heaven  being  witness.49 
But  what  dire  dreams 50  terrify  the  bad  man ! 51  [in]  counte 
nance 

What62  paleness  [appears]  !  what 53  emaciation 54  and  fear 


in  face 

f  55 

1.  At. 

y 

15.  Giganteus. 

29.  Elicitus. 

43.  Satiasse. 

2.  Infundas. 

16.  Nimbus. 

30.  Maga. 

44.  Stramen. 

3.  Solatia. 

17.  Celsus. 

31.  In  lucem. 

45.  Torus. 

4.  (Dative.) 

18.  Mens. 

32.  Sint  licet. 

46.  Casa. 

5.  Flosculus. 

19.  Firmatus. 

33.  Turbo. 

47.  Aro. 

6.  Efficias. 

20.  Bona. 

34.  (Plural.) 

48.  Ager. 

7.  Astrum. 

21.  Rejicio. 

35.  Usque. 

49.  (Ablat.  abs.) 

8.  Cautes. 

22.  iEstus. 

36.  Luceo. 

50.  Insomnia. 

9.  Rideoque. 

23.  Rideo. 

37.  In  orbe. 

51.  Malus. 

10.  Procella. 

24.  Minitor. 

38.  Epulae. 

52.  Gui. 

11.  Cieo. 

25.  Tenebrae. 

39.  Tristis. 

53.  dualis. 

12.  Praelium. 

26.  Loca. 

40.  Praedulcia. 

54.  Macies. 

13.  Circum. 

27.  Plurimus. 

41.  Acesco. 

55.  Ore. 

14.  IlleTsuffultus 

28.  Manes. 

42.  Luxuries. 

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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  III.  103 

Let  Fortune  smile  favoring'  to  him— let  her  give  gifts 2  with 
right  hand, 

Money*  and  [things]  which *  the  gaping 5  crowd  thinks 
desirable  f 

Fortune  avails1  nothing,  money ,8  feasts?  Bacchus, 

All  [things]  are  not  able  to  pluck10  fears 11  from  [his] 
mind.1* 

(61-)  ' 

Religion . 

His 13  mind  is  unprepared 14  for  no  storms 15 

Who  gives  irksomeness 16  of  life  to  be  cured 17  by  God  ; 
[He]  fears 19  not  broils  f  nor  subtleties20  of  false  tongue, 

He  wars 21  not  with  arms  of  perfidious22  guile22 
Sad2*  griefs25  have  fled  away  25  God  persuading, 

Nor  dreadful21  fear20  scares  away 29  dreams  by  night. 

[He]  fears  not  snaves30  of  night,  nor  darts 31  of  day, 

Whom  the  hand  itself  of  God  keeps 32  secure.33 
He  fears  not  angry  countenance 34  nor  words  of  tyrant ; 

He  dreads  not  to  approach 35  mournful  places 36  of  death. 
To  him31  wars  rage 38  not — Heaven  hurls 39  not  thunders  : 

For  him 10  hearts  conscious  of  good  raise 41  a  shield.*2 
Venerate  [thou]  the  eternal  God,  who  with  sacred  power*3 
Alone**  protects  infants  and  old  men. 

To  him  suppliant  shalt  thou  afford*5  gifts*6  of  upright*1  life  ; 

Let  the  day  pass*0  polluted*0  by  no  stain50 
Soon 51  inactive'2  age53  will  creep  on5*  and,  life  bein  g  finished 55 
Borne 56  to  the  stars,  thou  shalt  gain51  houses  of  heaven. 


1. 

Favens. 

16.  Taedium  (plur.).  30.  Insidiae. 

4 i.  Solus. 

2. 

Munus. 

17.  Medicandus. 

31.  Telum. 

45.  Porto. 

3. 

Nummos. 

18.  Metuo. 

32.  Praesto. 

43.  Munus. 

4. 

Gtuaeque. 

19.  Jurgium. 

33.  Incolumis. 

47.  Purus. 

5. 

Inhians. 

20.  Acumen. 

34.  Vultus  (plur.). 

43.  Praeterat). 

6. 

Petendus. 

21.  Milito. 

35.  Adeo.  t 

49.  Notatus. 

7. 

V  aleo. 

22.  Fictus. 

36.  Locos. 

50.  Labes. 

8. 

Gazffi. 

23.  Dolus. 

37.  Huic. 

51.  Mox. 

9. 

Convivium* 

24.  Moestus. 

38.  Fremo. 

52.  Iriers. 

10. 

Vello. 

25.  Dolor. 

39.  Jacto. 

53.  Aetas. 

11. 

Metus. 

26.  Effugio. 

40.  Huic. 

54.  Subrrpo. 

12. 

Animus. 

27.  Horrendus. 

41.  Attollo. 

55.  Peractus. 

13. 

Illius. 

28.  Timor. 

42.  Clypeus.  - 

56.  Vectus. 

14. 

15. 

Immaturus. 

Procella. 

29.  Fugo'. 

43.  Numen. 

57.  Arripio. 

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(62.) 

Tears. 

If  tears  were  able  to  mitigate 1  the  turmoils 2  of  life, 

And  wash  out2  the  germs 4  of  evil  concealed 5  in  the  heart ; 
If  they  were  able  to  consign6  the  sick  to  gentle1  sleep, 

Or  to  cover 8  the  shivering 9  body 10  of  the  naked  one  with 
a  garment, 

Or  to  recall  [from]  the  black  gulf'1  a  deceased 12  companion, 
So  that 13  sprinkled  ember 14  restored 15  the  dear  head  ; 

If  they  were  able  to  still 16  the  dangers  of  the  rapid  sea, 
And  [if]  the  storm,  conquered  by  weeping,11  spared 18  the 
ship  ; 

If  poverty  expelled 19  by  tears  fled20  Penates, 

And  pining 21  hunger  ceased 22  to  debilitate ;22 
To  weep 24  were  better26  far26 ...than  to  endure  sorrows21 
And  to  bum2*  gifts20  [on]  votive  altar 30  to  god's. 

Then,  indeed21  [ye]  Deities 22  give  tfie  grateful  gift 33  to 
[our]  prayers,  ■  -  ^ 

Nor  may  it  shame2i  me  also 35  to  weep  after  the  manner 36 
of  Niobe. 

Then  neither  can  the  whole21  Indian  land 38  please 29  me  so 
much ,40 

Or  if  both 41  houses  of  the  Sun  were42  ours  ; 

Then  neither  can  it  avail 43  to  me  so  much  to  outstrip 44  the 
winds, 

[0]facei5  of  Tithonus,  and  Herculean  hands, 

As  pious  drop 46  washing 47  cares  from  inmost 18  breast, 

Which,  being  poured  from10  eyes,  takes 50  tearful 51  journey. 


1.  Lenio. 

2.  Tumultus. 

3.  Lavo,  ere. 

4.  Germen. 

5.  Occultus. 

6.  Traduco. 

7.  Mollis. 

8.  Operio. 

9.  Tremulus. 

10.  Latus. 

11.  Barathrum. 

12.  Extinctus. 

13.  Ut. 


14.  Favilla. 

15.  Redderet. 

16.  Sedo. 

17.  (Gerund.) 

18.  Parceret. 

19.  Pulsus. 

20.  Fugio. 

21.  Atlger. 

22.  Cesso. 

23.  Debilito. 

24.  Fleo. 

25.  Foret  satius. 

26.  Multo. 


27.  Dolor.  , 

28.  Adoleo. 

29.  Donum. 

30.  Focus. 

31.  Sane. 

32.  Numen. 

33.  Munus. 

34.  Pudet. 

35.  Q,uoque. 

36.  Modo. 

37.  Totus. 

38.  Indicus  tellus. 

39.  Placeat. 


40.  Tantum. 

41.  Sive  uterque. 

42.  Forent. 

43.  Valeat. 

44.  Pfrecurro. 

45.  Vultils. 

46.  Lympha. 

47.  Lavans. 

48.  De  imus. 

49.  Ex. 

50.  Tendo. 

51.  Flebilis. 


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I  speak  vain1  [things] — tcedia  are  vivified?  by  rising 3  tears, 
As  hemlock 1  thrives 5  by  morning  dew. 

Grief 6  has  tears,  as  times  of  Spring  flowers  ; 

Sorrow1  will  supply 8  eternal  waters? 

(63.) 

Adam  and  Eve  over  the  Body  of  Abel. 

But 10  we  wept  lately  when  a  sparrow11  fallen12  from12  a  tree, 
Pressed  the  ground 14  before  our  eyes  with  stark 15  body ; 
For ,  indeed16  that 17  [bird],  lately  the  guest18  of  our  house 
and  board16 

Used  to  call 20  [us]  with  his  voice  to  morning 21  work. 

Nor  knew 22  we  ye^3  well  what  that  fee24  imported 26 

Which  subdues26  its  merry21  movements  and  gentle28  beak.26 
Then  a  voice  entered 30  our  minds  with  deadly 31  dread:22 

“  I22  am  Death — QdrcXh.  produces21  things  subject 35  to  death. 
Nor  is  it  enough  for  me  to  have  had  a  foretaste26  of  a  little 37 
bird;28 

I  will  rise  higher,29  and  will  mow 40  [down]  you  and  [your] 
equals.”11 

We  were  struck  torpid?2  Nor  yet  cease  we  to  weep  the 
tender  one12 

Which  the  altar  of  God,  perhaps ,44  might  demand16  from 
the  flock.16 

But  death  is  more  foul11  in  countenance,  by  as  much  as18 
he19  [is]  more  lovely, (49) 

And  more  cruel  by  how  much?9  he  was  more  dear. 

Alas  !  eyes  [reft  of  ]  beams,61  and  lips  reft  of  utterance;62 
Alas  !  limbs  to  be  inearthed62  in  dark61  places  ; 


1.  Vana. 

15.  Rigidus. 

2.  Vegetor. 

16.  Scilicet. 

3.  Obortus. 

17.  Ille. 

4.  Cicuta. 

18.  Conviva. 

5.  Vigeo. 

19.  Dapis. 

6.  Luctus. 

20.  Ciebat. 

7.  Tristitia. 

21.  Matutinus. 

8.  Suppedito. 

22.  Novi. 

9.  Aqua. 

23.  Adhuc. 

10.  At. 

24.  Glacies. 

11.  Passer. 

25.  Volo. 

12.  Lapsus. 

26.  Domo. 

13.  Ab. 

27.  Hilaris. 

44.  Humus. 

28.  Blandus. 

29. 

Os  (plur.). 

43.  Tenellus. 

30. 

Adibat. 

44.  Forsan. 

31. 

Feralis. 

45.  Posco. 

32. 

Formido. 

46.  De  grex. 

33. 

Ego. 

47.  Foedus. 

34. 

Pario. 

48.  Q,uo. 

35. 

Subditus. 

49.  Suavior  ille. 

36. 

Praelibasse. 

50.  Quanto. 

37. 

Pusillus. 

51.  Fulgor  (sing.). 

38. 

Volucris. 

52.  Carens  verbum 

39. 

Assurgo.  ' 

(plur.). 

40. 

Meto. 

53.  Infodiendus 

41. 

Par. 

54.  Obscurus  j 

42. 

Torpuimus. 

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What  avails  if  to  have  lived  pious,2  and  servants 3  of  Je¬ 
hovah  ?4 

Alas !  our  own 5  Jlbelf  thou  leadest 7  the  black  way. 

Ah !  brothers,  brothers,  we  trace 8  in  your  contest 

The  annals 9  and  the  discord 10  of  the  fraternal  breast;11 
For  what 12  will  that  river  be,  when 13  it  flows  down 14  with 
swelling 15  waves, 

Which  springs 16  from  its  fountain  earth}1  so  turbidi 18 

(64.) 

Return  to  Studies . 

The  time  is  present  again;1*  [0]  boys,  lay  aside 20  trifles  21 
The  joys  and  delights22  of  maternal  home. 

Let  it  shame 23  [you]  to  delay  before  doors2i  with  feet  or 
heart, 

And  to  have  chided 25  swift 26  days  of  sports.27 
Fly 28  smoke,  spectacles,  tables22  of  Augusta  ; 

The  muse  and  sound 30  of  wheel  do  not  well  agree.31 
May  perfidious  pleasure  strive 32  in  vain  to  recall 
And  to  ensnare 33  tender  bosoms  by  [her]  song. 34 
Let  it  be  enough,  O  boys,  to  have  indulged  the  light 35  dance  f 
Where 37  lamps 38  afford  another  day  with  [their], light;32 
But 0  now  approach 11  unsullied 12  founts  and  tempi  ef 

Where  candid  mind  unlocked 44  by  study  is  strengthened f 5 
And  wander  through 46  haunts 47  and  gather 48  flowers  of 
Pierides, 

As  the  busy 49  bee  S2y>,s50  the  lilies  in  the  meads. 

Lo  !  again  Medea  rages 51  and  murders 52  [her]  children™ 
And  Chremes  storms 54  again  with  angry  mouth. 


1.  Prosum. 

15.  Tumidus. 

29.  Mensa. 

42.  Integer. 

2.  (Dat.  plur.) 

18.  Exeo. 

30.  Sonus. 

43.  AMes. 

3.  Famulus  (dat.). 

17.  Fontanus  terra. 

31.  Convenio. 

44.  Reseratus. 

4.  Jehova. 

18.  Ferus. 

32.  Conor. 

45.  Viget. 

5.  Noster. 

19.  Iterum. 

33.  Illaqueo. 

46.  Peragrate. 

6.  Abel  us. 

20.  Depono. 

34.  Cantus. 

47.  Loca. 

7.  Praecipio. 

21.  Nugae. 

35.  Gracilis. 

48.  Carpite. 

8.  Lego. 

22.  Deliciaeque. 

36.  ChorSa. 

49.  Sedulus. 

9.  Fasti. 

23.  Pudet. 

37.  Gua. 

50.  Libo. 

10.  Discidium. 

24.  Fores. 

38.  Lampas. 

51.  Furo. 

11.  Sinus. 

25.  Increpo. 

39.  Ignis. 

52.  Trucido. 

12.  Q,uis. 

26.  Citus. 

40.  Tamen. 

53.  Puer. 

13.  Ubi. 

27.  Ludus. 

41.  Adeatis. 

54.  Litigo. 

14.  Defluo. 

28.  Effugio. 

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107 


The  love  of  Naso  breathes  yet j  and  his  affections 2  live  : 

And  that3  sparrow  of  thine, (j)  [0]  Lesbia,  has  a  name. 
Now  the  learned  follow  Annibal  through  dire  battles j 
And  now3' again  they  sing  pastures3  country ,7  leaders. 

In  these  studies  your 8  flowery 9  age  passes 10  [its]  spring. 

That 11  sweet  bitterness 12  awaits  the  young,13 
And  companion7* equal  [awaits],  attainable13 mfleet^hom, 

From  whose 17  breast  ye  know7 8  base13  guile™  to  be  absent. 
Ice 21  of  perfidy  never  deceives 22  [your]  footsteps, 

Nor  the  faithful 23  mourns 24  faithless  friendship. 

So  z^Aey  /we25  without  care  through  flower -bearing™  years, 
TAey  weep,27  and  the  mind/b/gr^28  and  /ays  down 29  burden™ 
Both  spirit,  and  muses /ree31  from  art,  are  to  you, 

Laughter  flowing  from  heart32  and  jests33  without  re¬ 
straint  A 

Enjoy 35  delights. — Time  preys  on 36  all  things. 

Alas  !  many37  a  day  marked 38  by  sorrows 39  approaches .40 


(65.) 

Island  of  Circe. 

r  J 

Sailor,  beware  !*7  fly*2  [this]  cruel* 3  but  lovely 44  shore, 

This  [is]  the  island  of  glittering 15  Circe  :  sailor,  beware  ! 
Behold 46  mountainous 47  fields  where  sAe  gathers 48  [her] 
herbs f 

Behold  terrible  forms  :  and  thyself 50  fear  ; 

For  as  socw  as51  sAe  sAa//  Aare  administered 52  bowls53  to 


thirsty 54  lips. 

And  as  soon  as  she  shall  have  poured  enchanted 55  melody™ 


1.  Spiro  adhuc. 

2.  Dolor. 

3.  Ille  tuus. 

4.  Proelium. 

5.  Jam  que. 

6„  Pascua. 

7.  Rus  (plur.). 

8.  Vobis. 

9.  Floridus. 

10.  Ago. 

11.  Iste. 

12.  Amarities. 

13.  Tener  (plur.). 

14.  Comes. 


15.  Parabilis. 

16.  Celer. 

17.  Cui. 

18.  Scio. 

19.  Turpis. 

20.  Dolus. 

21.  Glacies. 

22.  Ludo. 

23.  Fidus. 

24.  Doleo. 

25.  Vivitur. 

26.  Florifer. 

27.  Fletur. 

28.  Oblitus  sum. 


29.  Repono. 

30.  Onus. 

31.  Solutus. 

32.  Cor  (ablat.). 

33.  Jocus. 

34.  Lex. 

35.  Carpo. 

36.  Praedor. 

37.  Multus. 

38.  Notatus. 

39.  Mcestis. 

40.  Advenio. 

41.  Caveo. 

42.  Fugias. 


43.  Saevus. 

44.  Amabilis. 

45.  Vitreus. 

46.  Aspicio. 

47.  Montanus. 

48.  Colligo. 

49.  Gramen. 

50.  Tuque. 

51.  Simul. 

52.  AdmOrit. 

53.  Carchesium. 

54.  Siccus. 

55.  Cantatus. 

56.  Melos. 


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Lo!  error  covers 1  minds  sinking 2  in  languor, 

And  into 3  new  shapes 4  the  manly 5  form  w  changed ? 

This  sated7  guest  is  turned 8  into  a  grm9  lion, 

Another  move  foul10  is  s/m*11  in  uncleanly 12  sty.13 

This  [man]  feels 14  long  claws  f  this  [man]  a  beak  to  grow, 
This  [man,  become]  a  white  swan10  claims 11  praises  for 
plumes. 

The  furious1*  Mcenad19  also20  puts  on 21  a  wild 22  form., 

Having  obtained 23  the  body  of  a  tigress,  or  fierce  she- 
wolf. 

The  thyasus,  bursting  forth™  glows 25  ?tyo?i25  resounding 
tongues, 

And  the  same  murmurs  tremble  on 27  changed 28  voice. (21) 

Th e  fierce29  band 30  takes  another  and  a  fierce  figure, 31 
Nor  sees  things22  nor  things  past  f  with  clear 34  mind. 

Other  [females]  ars  changed 35  into  flowers,  and,  bound 36  with 
pkilyra , 

Either  adorn 37  bosom  f  or  encircle 39  hair. 

So,  also,  Pleasure  rota40  [her]  followers 41  of  virtue, 

So  she  boasts 42  [to  have  subdued]  nymphs,  so  to  have 
subdued  men. 

Whom  if  passest  by*3  of  her  own  accord 44  she  will  fol¬ 
low  more  abundant ,45 
About  to  exhibit 46  no  marks  of  disgrace?1 

(66.) 


Thou  reignest  among  the  celestials ,48  [0]  golden  Liberty, 
And  the  Cecropidae  gave  the  first  incense 19  unto  thee  ; 


1. 

Operio. 

14.  Sentio. 

26.  (Ablative.) 

38. 

Sinus  (plur.). 

2. 

Labans. 

15.  Unguis. 

27.  (Ablative.) 

39.  Impedio. 

3. 

Inque. 

16.  Olor. 

28.  Mutatus. 

40. 

Fraudo. 

4. 

Species. 

17.  Arrogo. 

29.  Ferox. 

41. 

Sectans. 

5. 

Virilis. 

18.  Lymphatus. 

30.  Turma. 

42. 

Gestio. 

6. 

Abit. 

19.  Mamas. 

31.  Species. 

43. 

Praetereo. 

7. 

Satur. 

20.  Et. 

32.  Nova. 

44. 

Ipse. 

8. 

Vertitur. 

21.  Induo. 

33.  Peracta. 

45. 

Cumulatus. 

9. 

Torvus. 

22.  Ferinus. 

34.  Liquidus. 

46. 

Exhibeo. 

10. 

Fcedus. 

23.  Adeptus. 

35.  Abiere. 

47. 

Dedecus. 

11. 

Claudo. 

24.  Erumpo. 

36.  Ligatus. 

48. 

Coelestis.  . 

12.  Obsccenus. 

13.  H&ra. 

25.  Ardeo. 

37.  Exornantve. 

49. 

Thus  (plur.). 

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109 


And2  singing  the  pcs  an1  soothed (2)  thy  divinity  0 
And  entwined 4  thy  swords  in  myrtle. 

A  free  Boric  nymph,5  thou  didst  rejoice 6  to  swim  through 
the  Eurotas, 

And  to  climb1 1 he  green6  height 9  of  Taygetus  ; 

And  Daunia,  reviving,10  tribunes  being  accepted,  knew 11 
What  a  nation  could  do12  freed10  from  its  fetter111 
Thou  suppliest 15  eloquence 16  to  Marcus,  and  sword  to  Cato, 
Intellect11  to  Brutus,  and  honor10  to  Poplicola. 

Not  here,  not  there,  but  where10  thou  smilest,20  [O]  sacred  [one], 
The  brave  [man]  conceives21  both  country  and  home  to  be. 
The  coward22  however,  dreads 23  thee  ;  the  rich  miser 


[dreads]  thee  ; 

A  mind  meditating 24  silent  evil 25  to  country  [dreads]  thee. 
Let  the  Persian 26  lie21  wantonly 28  in  blushing 29  rose-beds, 
Let  the  Tuscan 30  be  absorbed 31  in  painted  figures, 32 
Let  the  slave  fawn  upon 33  the  strong,  and  tread  upon0i  the 
prostrate 05 


Utter  flatteries 36  with  his  mouth,  and  stifle 37  threats  : 

Do  thou,  [0]  freeman,  remember  to  speak  aloud 38  the  move¬ 
ments  of  thy  mind00 

And  to  publish110  the  free  language 11  of  an  intrepid 12  bosom. 

While  thou,  [O]  goddess,  duly 43  entreated 44  by  the  pious 
Camcence , 

Shall  here  govern 15  the  people  and  [their]  leader  with 
equal 46  law ; 

While  fierce*1  soldier  shall  lord  it  over 48  no  fields, 

Nor  give  chains  nor /ear49  to  the  multitude 50  by  means  of 
the  sword51 


1.  (Gr.  accus.) 

2.  Placaruntque. 

3.  Numen. 

4.  Occuluere. 

5.  Doris. 

6.  (Imperf.) 

7.  Exsupero. 

8.  Virens. 

9.  Jugum. 

10.  Redivivus. 

11.  Novi. 

12.  Posset. 

13.  Resolutus. 


14.  Suus  compes. 

15.  Suppedito. 

16.  Eloquium. 

17.  Ingenium. 

18.  Decus. 

19.  Q,ua. 

20.  Renideo. 

21.  Concipio. 

22.  Ignavus. 

23.  Palleo. 

24.  Meditatus. 

25.  Malum. 

26.  Persa. 


27.  Recubo. 

28.  Lascive. 

29.  Puniceus. 

30.  Tuscus. 

31.  Stupeo. 

32.  Imago. 

33.  Adulor. 

34.  Calco. 

35.  Jacens. 

36.  Edo  blanditis. 

37.  Premo. 

38.  Profero. 

39.  Animus. 


40.  Promo. 

41.  Verbum  (plur.) 

42.  Impavidus. 

43.  Rite. 

44.  Exoratus. 

45.  Rego. 

46.  Aequus. 

47.  Ferus. 

48.  Dominor. 

49.  Metus. 

50.  Plebs. 

51.  Ense. 


K 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  III. 


He  who  lives  waiting 1  till 2  to-morrow's2  light  shall  give  him* 
Delights,  which  to-day's 5  [light]  denies  to  prayers, 

The  same  departs  from 6  life  sadder  and  wiser, 

And  says,  [Thou]  hope,  and  fear,1  forever6  farewell. 

But  he  who  hath  known  thee,  golden  Liberty,  hath  known 
Whatever  life  possesses9  of  honored 10  or  of  good. 

Thou  [makest]  Acheloian 11  cups  [better  than]  glasses 12  of 
rosy 13  Bacchus, 

Thou  makest  funerals1*  even 15  better 16  than  the  palm. 

(67.) 

Hope. 

At  summer 17  eve,  when  Iris  embraces 18  the  heavens ,19 
Shining29  when  meads  glitter 21  with  rosy  light ,22 
Why  does  the  wandering 23  mind  sedfc24  cliffs25  and  remote 
mountains, 

Whose  top26  blushes 27  [afar]  with  the  setting29  sun  ? 

Why  do  shadowy 29  mountain-tops 30  allure 31  the  breast  rather32 
Than  the  field  which  smiles33  with  neighboring  turf  I3* 
Distance 35  affords 36  /  Atwow  what%1  of .form  to  objects  39 
She  clothes39  the  joyful  ground  in  azure  garment .40 
Thus  the  mind  foresees 41  hours  better  than  the  pastf 
And  rejoices  to  enteri3  new  ways  of  life. 

Thus,  covetous we  always  wis'td5  those  things  which  are 
farthest  awayf 

And  future  scene 47  pleases  more  than  the  present. 
Whatever  of  pleasure 48  life  gives f  dwells  with  thee,  [0] 
Hope, 

Whatever  of  joy59  glory  hath,  whatever  love. 


1.  Q,ui  manet  ex- 

13.  Roseus. 

,  26.  Apex. 

39.  Vestio. 

pectans. 

14.  Funus. 

27.  Rubesco. 

40.  Caeruleus  tegmen. 

2.  Dum. 

15.  Vel. 

28.  Occiduus. 

41.  Praevideo. 

3.  Crastinus. 

16.  Potior. 

29.  Umbratus. 

42.  Praeteritus. 

4.  Sibi. 

17.  iEstivus. 

30.  Cacumen. 

43.  Ineo. 

5.  Hodiernus. 

18.  Circueo. 

31.  Allicio.  ^ 

44.  Avidus.  , 

G.  Egredior. 

19.  Coelos. 

32.  Magis. 

45.  Opto. 

7.  Spesque  metus¬ 

20.  Fulgidus. 

33.  Rideo. 

46.  Longius  absunt. 

que. 

21.  Niteo. 

34.  Cespes. 

47.  Scena. 

8.  AEternum. 

22.  Lumen. 

35.  Distantia. 

48.  Ouicquid  ama¬ 

9.  Teneo. 

23.  Vagus. 

36.  Praebeo. 

bile. 

10.  Honoratum. 

24.  Quaero 

37.  Nescio-quid. 

49.  Fero. 

11.  Acheloius. 

25.  Rupes 

38.  Res. 

50.  Laeti. 

12.  Cyathus. 

LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  III. 


Ill 


Thou  art  able  to  appease1  cruel 2  tumults  of  mind, 

Thou  art  able  to  pluck2  out  from  the  heart  concealed ±  evil. 
When  other  deities 5  fly  the  wicked 6  seats, 

It  grieves 7  thee  to  have  forsaken 8  the  human  race. 

Thou  alone,  affording 9  comforts 10  to  [our]  afflicted  state,11 
Hast  seen  coeval 12  poles  to  have  grown  old  together.12 
Thou,  the  companion  of  heroes  through  waters  and  sad  wars, 
Desirest  to  surround1*  [their]  temples  with  perpetual 
x  leaf 15 

And  thou 16  to  the  Briton 17  wandering  over 18  the  deserts  of 
Libya, 

Where  scorched 19  shores  glow 20  with  cruel 21  sun, 


Suppliest  strength.22  He  hopes  to  end  his  labors 

Where  thou,  [O]  bashful 23  Nile,  hidest2*  unknown  head. 

(68.) 

Columbus. 

\ 

Over22  realms  of  Ocean  ploughed 26  by  no  keel, 

Columbus  steers21  [his]  course  [in]  a  &o/<i28  ship. 

Forms 29  do  not  affright30  him,  and  images 31  of  gods 

Falsely  said32  to  have  denied  watery33  ways  [with]  voice ,34 
Days  have  passed  by,  there  is  nothing  but  sea 35  and  air, 


And36  a  new  day  passing  away,  there  is  nothing. 

But  at  length  they  see 37  a  wondrous 38  and  sad  corpse 
Black 10  hairs  swelled  on*1  waves. 

The  form 12  gives  an  omen  of  death  and  discovered 43  land, 
And  soon **  they  worship 45  unknown  ground. 

And  now* 6  they  go  under 47  new  shades,  nymphs  howling  *Q 
Of  whom  one  sister,  an  avenger*0  spoke 50  with  voice  : 


1.  Placo.  _  14.  Cingo. 

2.  Insanus.  15.  Frons. 

3.  Vello.  16.  Tuque. 

4.  Occultus.  17.  Britannus. 

5.  Cetera  numina.  18.  Pererrans. 

6.  flceleratus.  19.  Torridus. 

7.  Piget.  20.  Caleo. 

8.  Desero.  21.  Saevus. 

9.  Praebens.  22.  Vires. 

10.  Solatia.  23.  Pudicus. 

11.  Res  (plur.).  24.  Tego. 

12.  A3qua>vus.  25.  Per. 

13.  Consenuisse.  26.  Sulco. 


27.  Tendo. 

28.  Audax. 

29.  Forma. 

30.  Terreo. 

31.  Simulacrum. 

32.  Mentitus. 

33.  Aiquoreus. 

34.  Vox. 

35.  Pontus. 

36.  Atque. 

37.  Aspicio. 

38.  Mirandus. 


39.  Cadaver. 

40.  Nigrans. 

41.  Intumuere. 

42.  Species. 

43.  Repertus. 

44.  Mox. 

45.  Deveneror. 

46.  Jamque. 

47.  Subeo. 

48.  Ululo. 

49.  Ultrix. 

50.  Est  locuta. 


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Whoever  thou  art,  arriving1 11  where 2  from  the  first  origin  of 
the  world, 

Nymphs  have  lain  concealed 3  in  sacred  heights ;4 
Miserable  fate,  [O]  leader ,5  awaits  both  thee  and  thine, 
This  land  does  not  want 6  avenger1  of  dire  evil. 

For  if  shall  give  metal  which  thou  lovesf  in  heart, 

And  immense 10  riches ,u  and  a  sudden™  grave.™ 

Hence  fierce 14  love  of  having 15  [riches]  opens 16  fountains  of 
tears, 

And  shall  give  to  defle 17  hands  with  crimes. 

Hence  commerce 18  dulls 19  minds  buried 20  in  night, 

Sordid,  and  to  be  rejected 21  by  ingenuous  men. 

Go,  [O]  conqueror,  mayest.  thou  hold 22  sad  empire 23  otter  m- 
hospitable 24  [places], 

And 25  mayest  thou  rule  things.  (25)  but  all  things  fo 
6e  vjatered26  with  tears. 

j  *  •  *  ■ 4  ' r  x  - 

(69.) 

The  Golden  Age. 

When  first27  arising 28  into  the  divine 29  regions 30  of  light  f 
Man,  pure  from  crime™  inhabited 33  the  earth™ 

Then  both™  vigor™  was  in™  limbs  f  and  grace™  inform™ 
And  beauty 40  in  face™  smiled  something  heavenly. 42 
Tongue  of  men  surpassed 43  even™  harps 45  in  sweetness, 
When  thanks 46  sounded 47  to  God  in  verse.™ 

Years  rcoit  ora49  o/d  age,50  and  ruin  of  old  age, 

But  sound  mind  «s  vigorous 51  in  sound  body. 

And  not  yet 52  tears  flow 53  from  fountain  of  grief ; 

Nor  was  death  born  from  infernal  parent. 


1.  Advenio. 

2.  Ubi. 

3.  Delituere. 

4.  Sacratus  jugum. 

5.  Ductor. 

6.  Egeo. 

7.  Vindex. 

8.  Scilicet  ille. 

9.  Flagras. 

10.  Ingens. 

11.  Gaza. 

12.  Praeceps. 

13.  Rogus. 

14.  Acer. 


15.  (Gerund.) 

16.  Aperio. 

17.  Conscelero. 

18.  Commercia 

(plur.). 

19.  Hebetant. 

20.  Sepultus. 

21.  Rejiciendus. 

22.  Teneo. 

23.  Imperium. 

24.  Per  inhospita. 

25.  Cunctaque. 

26.  •  Rigandus. 

27.  Primum. 


28.  Exortus. 

29.  Dius. 

30.  Ora. 

31.  Lumen. 

32.  (Ablative.) 

33.  Incolo. 

34.  Tellus. 

35.  Vigor. 

36.  Insum. 

37.  Membrisque. 

38.  Venustas. 

39.  (Dative.) 

40.  Decor. 


41.  In  ore. 

42.  Coeleste  aliquid. 

43.  Vinco. 

44.  Vel. 

45.  Cithara. 

46.  Grates. 

47.  Insonuere. 

48.  Carmen. 

49.  Non  adduco. 

50.  Senium. 

51.  Vigeo. 

52.  Et  nec  adhuc. 

53.  Mano. 


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Poverty  and  wealth 1  were  concealed 2  under  Stygian  caves, 
Monsters  which  have  ruined 3  [our]  rapid  days. 

Thee,  also,  [0]  Fear*  Orcus  has  contained 5  in  dire  waters ,6 7 
And  no  shade  had  known  Tartarean  ways. 


But  neither  as  yet 7  breast  has  learned  to  conceal 8 9  within 9  [its] 
loves, 

Nor  grief 10  has  learned  to  wear 11  smiles  in  countenance .12 
Nor  yet  image  of  deceitful 13  friendship  [learned]  to  betray,1* 

Nor  perfidious  tongue, resembling1 5  true  [tongue],  to  speak. 
Cruel 16  superstition 17  [was]  not  yet  ,-18  nor  [with]  intended 19 
slaughter 

Iphigenia  had  polluted  paternal 20  hands  : 

But  hand  gave  fruits,  and  flowers  to  him  who  gives 21  all 
things, 

And  lips  poured  prayers,  the  heart  praying.™ 

And  earth 23  [from]  maternal  bosom  sent  forth2 3 4 5*  nutriment;25 


Rivers 26  [gave]  milk,  oak  gave  dewy 27  honey™ 
Moreover,™  Deity  more  present 30  ruled  all  things, 

And  Peace,  and  thou  also,31  [O]  Love,  the  god32  of  peace. 


1.  Opes.  10.  Dolor. 

2.  Latuere.  11.  Sumo. 

3.  Pessum  dedere.  12.  In  ore. 

4.  Timor.  13.  Fallax. 

5.  Contineo.  14.  Prodo. 

6.  Unda.  15.  Similis. 

7.  Sed  nec  adhuc.  16.  Efferus. 

8.  Premo.  17.  Religio. 

9.  Intus. 


18.  Nondum. 

19.  Futurus. 

20.  Patrius. 

21.  Danti. 

22.  Precans  (abi. 

abs.). 

23.  Tellus. 

24.  Submitto. 


25.  Pabulum  (plur.). 

26.  Flumen. 

27.  Roscidus. 

28.  Mei  (plur.). 

29.  Quinetiam. 

30.  Prsesentius. 

31.  Quoque. 

32.  Numen. 


PART  IV. 


r  - 

ENGLISH  TO  BE  CONVERTED  INTO  LATIN. 

-  (  /.  V  ' 


HEXAMETERS  ONLY. 


PART  IV. 

HEXAMETERS  ONLY* 


(1.) 

Dido .  i 

And  now1  will  I  retrace 2  the  beginnings 3  of  [this]  great 
movement. 


Formerly,  from  Pygmalionean 4  lands,  over  sea,5 
Flying  from6 7  a  kingdom  polluted  by  fraternal  crime, 

Dido  2S  carried1  to  the/atfe<i8  shore9  of  Libye. 

Then,  having  bought16  ground11  for  a  price,  she  founds  new 
walls, 

Where 12  it  was  permitted™  [her]  to  surround  the  shore™  with 
thongs  of  bulVs  hide.15 

(2.) 


Ulysses. 

Let 16  not  the  violated  pastures  of  the  wandering  sun  be  pass¬ 
ed  over  in  silence  f6) 


Notlove,  and  the  fertile11  fields  of  Calypso,  daughter  of  Atlas™ 
And  the  Phceacian 19  land,  the  end  of  wanderings 20  to  the 
miserable  [man]. 

(3.) 

Naval  Conflict. 

The  ship?1  weighed  down 22  by  the  slaughter 23  of  the  men™ 
and  with  abundant 25  gore 


*  Occasionally,  in  order  to  give  the  English  more  clearly,  words  belonging  to  one 
line  in  the  Latin  are  placed  in  a  different  one  in  the  English.  These,  however,  are 
always  mentioned  in  the  notes,  and  the  Latin  line  to  which  they  belong  is  there 
indicated. 

14. 


1.  Jamque  adeo. 

2.  Repeto. 

3.  Primordia. 

4.  Pygmalioneus. 

5.  Per  caerula. 

6.  Fugio. 

7.  Appellitur. 


8.  Fatalis. 

9.  Ora  (dat.). 

10.  Mercatus. 

11.  Locos. 

12.  Qua. 

13.  Permissum. 


Litora. 

15.  Secto  tauro. 

16.  Sileantur. 

17.  Fecundus. 

18.  Atlantis,  idos. 

19.  Phaeacius. 


20.  Errpr. 

21.  Ratis. 

22.  Cumulatus. 

23.  Strages. 

24.  Virum. 

25.  Multus. 


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Filled,1  receives  frequent*  blows3,  on  its  curved  side  :4 
But  after 5  it  let  in 6  the  sea1 8  at  its  leaking  joints * 

Filled 9  to  z'to  highest  parts 10  it  sunk 11  amid12  the  waves. 

(40 

•  /,  >  »  *  >  -  '  * 

Wine. 

He 13  will  give  you  wine,11  made 15  oft16  those  mountains 
From  which  he  himself  comes,  under  the  brow 17  of  which  he 
has  played. 

(5.) 

A  Storm.  , 

All  the  grove  w  shattered ;18  the  blasts19  tear  off 20  the  ancient 
Branches  of  the  woods;  and,  though  penetrated21  for  ages 22 
by  no 

$ 23  the  Z>owers24of  shady  Lycseus  have  been  l  aid  open.™ 

(6.) 

Reign  of  Messiah. 

The  lamb  company  with  the  wolf 26  shall  gambol 27  through 

the  valleys, 

And  the  steer2*  shall  m  safety 29  seeft30  the  stall21  along  with 
the  lion. 

U) 

Dying  Flowers. 

As 32  the  lilies  Atmg  down 33  their  withering 34  stalks  f 
And  the  blushing 36  roses  die  beneath  the  first  chilling  blasts.37 


(8.) 

TAe  World. 

Thou  seestf38  Aow39  anger,  lust,  vicef  every  where 41  prevail12 


1.  Plenus. 

2.  Creber. 

3.  Ictus. 

4.  Per  obliquum 

latus. 

5.  Postquam. 

6.  Haurio. 

7.  Pelagus. 

8.  Ruptis  compa¬ 

gibus. 

9.  Repletus. 

10.  Ad  summos  for< 


11.  Descendo. 

12.  In,  with  accus. 

13.  Hic. 

14.  (Plural.) 

15.  Diffusus. 

16.  In,  with.  abi. 

17.  Sub  vertice. 

18.  Frangitur. 

19.  Procella. 

20..  Rapio. 

21.  Aspectus. 


22.  Per  sevum. 

23.  Sol  (plur.). 

24.  iEstiva. 

25.  Patuere. 

26.  Sociata  lupo. 

27.  Lascivio. 

28.  Juvencus. 

29.  Tutus. 

30.  Peto. 

31.  Praesepe. 

32.  Qualia. 


33.  Declino. 

34.  Pallens. 

35.  Culmus. 

36.  Pubensque. 

37.  Primos  ad  Aus' 

tros. 

38.  Cerno. 

39.  Ut,  with.  subj. 

40.  Scelus. 

41.  Ubique. 

42.  Dominor. 


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119 


And  deceit1  counterfeiting 2  friendship,  and  malignant  envy  3  - 
And  feuds*  and  treachery ,5 6 7  and  the  snares 6  of  unequal 7 
law. 

(9.) 

Reign  of  Messiah. 

Around  the  tame  tiger 8  sportive 9  Z>oys10  the  flowery  fetters 
cas*11  in  play  f 2  ay,  and 13  serpents 14  the  wearied 
Limbs  of  the  traveler  shall  refresh 15  [by  licking  them]  «rcVA 
tfAefr  co/cZ  tongue .16 

(10.) 

Sleep. 

[O]  Sleep,  rest  of  [all]  things  ;  Sleep,  gentlest11  of  the  gods, 
Peace  of  the  mind,  whom  care  flees,  who  hearts  by  daily10 
Toils 19  exhausted 20  dost  refresh,21  and  recruit 22  for  labor. 

'  (u.) 

Invocation  of  the  Departed. 

Illustrious  sowZs  /”  If  mortal  things 2*  ctf  all 25  affect26 
The  inhabitants  of  heaven f  if  [there  is]  sft'ZZ28  [with  you] 
any  care  of  the  British  race22 
I  pray  you,30  do  ye31  renew32  [our]  ancient  vigor  f3 4 
That,  sloth3*  being  shaken  off 35  we  may  at  length  aspire 36  fo 
noble  things,31 

Mindful  of  true  virtue  and  of  our  father's  fame30 

(12.) 

Interment  of  the  Dead. 

For  some 39  commit*0  the  dead  body*1  to  the  earth, 

And  place*2  garlands  on  the  tomb,  and  obsequies 43  yearly 

1.  Fraus.  12.  Per  ludum.  23.  Anima.  34.  Somnus. 

2.  Simulans.  13.  At.  24.  Mortalia.  35.  Excussus. 

3.  Livor.  14.  Coluber.  25.  Quid.  36.  Nitor. 

4.  Jurgium.  15.  Recreo.  26.  Tango.  37.  Ad  ardua. 

5.  Insidiae.  16.  Frigore  linguae.  27.  Coelicolae.  38.  Laus  avitus. 

6.  Rete.  17.  Placidissimus.  28.  Adhuc.  39.  Pars  etenim. 

7.  Iniquus.  18.  Diurnus.  29.  Gens  Britannus.  40.  Mando. 

8.  Mansuetae  tigri.  19.  Ministerium.  30.  Vos  precor.  41.  Exsanguis  ca- 

9.  Petulans.  20.  Fessus.  31.  Vos.  daver. 

10.  (Next  line.)  21.  Mulceo.  32.  Instauro.  42.  Impono. 

11.  Injicio.  22.  Repe.roque.  33.  Vigor.  43.  Sacra. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


Pay,1  as  though 2  the  shades  of  the  dead3 4  require 1  these  offer - 
ings  :5 

Others ,G  M.e  funeral  pile1 7 8  being  c/«/ys  raised ,9  burn 10  cw  zT1 
the  limbs,1"3 

And  collect  the  ashes,  and  place 13  [them]  in  the  faithful  urn. 


(13.) 

r  ■  '  ,  •  • 

Cave  of  Sleep. 

There  is  near™  the  Cimmerians 15  a  cave 16  in  a  long  recess, 

Formed  of  a  hollow  mountain  f  the  mansion 18  and  retired 
abode 19  of  lazy  Sleep  ; 

Into  which 20  never  with  its  rays  when  rising,  or  on  the 
meridian  f  or  setting, 

The  Sun32  is  able  to  penetrate 23  Fogs,™  mixed  with  dark¬ 
ness,™ 

Are  exhaled  from  the  ground,  and  a  glimmering 26  of  dubious 
light. 

(14.) 

Heathen  Superstition. 

Behold 21  the  regions 28  which  the  Indian 29  Ganges  cleaves;™ 

There  a  race31  of  men  cast  themselves 32  into  the  midst  of 
fires, 

Impatient  of  life  ;  or  at33  the  very 34  altars  of  the  gods 

Of  their  own  accord 35  yield  up  life  36  stricken  by  a  blind 
desire 

Of  departing31  [to  a  quarter]  where  the  fates  have  given 
peaceful 38  abodes, 

Where  [there  is]  perpetual  spring,  and  [where  are]  serene 
suns  without  a  cloud. 


1.  Persolvo. 

2.  Tanquam. 

3.  Manes. 

4.  Posco. 

5.  Ea  munera. 

6.  Pars. 

7.  Pyra. 

8.  Rite. 

9.  Exstructus. 

10.  Cremo. 


11.  Insuper. 

12.  Artus. 

13.  Repono. 

14.  Prope. 

15.  Cimmerii. 

16.  Spelunca. 

17.  Mons  cavus. 

18.  Domus. 

19.  Penetralia. 

20.  Gtuo. 


21.  Mediusve. 

22.  Phoebus. 

23.  Adeo. 

24.  Nebula. 

25.  Caligo. 

26.  Crepusculum 

(plur.). 

27.  Aspice. 

28.  Ora,  te. 

29.  Indicus. 


30.  Interluo. 

31.  Gens. 

32.  Se  mittit. 

33.  Ad. 

34.  Ipse. 

35.  Sponte. 

36.  Animam  reddit. 

37.  Migrandi. 

38.  Quietus. 


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121 


I  i  *  s  (15‘) 

The  Cutting  down  of  a  Forest . 

Fh o  pitch-pines1  fall  down,2  aliment 3 4 5  for  doe  funeral*  flames, 
4md  mountain-ashes*  and  holm-oak  timbers;6 7  and,  to  be 
feared  for  [its]  sap,1 

The  yew  ;  and  the  ash8 9  destined  to  drink 9  the  unhallowed 10 
gore 11  of  battle ,12 

And  the  red-oak 13  not  to  be  overcome lt  by  decay.16 
Next  the  bolder16  is  cut  down,11  and  the  pine  with  fragrant1® 
wound. 

To  the  earth  [their]  leafy  tops 19  incline 
The  alder ,  friendly  to  the  waves,20  and 21  the  elm  not  inhos¬ 
pitable (21)  to  vines, 

The  earth  gives  [forth]  a  groan.  Not  so  overthrown' 22  is 
said  [to  be]23 

Ismarus y4  when,  [his]  cave  being  broken,  Boreas  hath 
reared 25  [his]  head  ; 

Not  more  rapidly  20  the  south  wind  blowing,21  has  the  noc¬ 
turnal  flame2*  traversed 29 

The  grove.  Weeping  abandon  their  beloved  haunts 30 
Hoary  Pales,  the  Nymphs,  and  Sylvanus  who  presides  over31 
the  shade. 

(i6.)  r'' 

The  Shrubbery. 

Why  shall  I  mention32  the  trees 33  which  the  cultivator  to  have3* 
Especially  seeks,  and  demands 35  with  wondrous  love  ? 

Lo  ! 36  coming  most  beauteous  from  Eastern3'  woods 

l 

The  plane-tree 38  extends  its  leaves,39  and  [those]  stretched 
along  the  herbage 40 

1.  Picea.  12.  Bellum.  21.  Nec  inhospita.  31.  Arbiter. 

2.  Procumbo.  13.  Robur.  22.  Eversa.  32.  Memorem. 

3.  Alimenta(plur.).  14.  Expugnabilis.  23.  Feruntur.  33.  Arboreos  foetus. 

4.  Supremus,  j  15.  Situs.  24.  Ismara  (plur.).  34.  Habendos. 

5.  Ornus.  16.  Abies.  25.  Extulit.  35.  Exposco. 

6.  Iliceseque  trabes.  17.  (Scinditur :  next  26.  Citius.  36.  Aspice. 

7.  Succus.  line.)  27.  Grassans.  37.  Eous. 

8.  Next  line.  18.  Odorus.  28.  (Next  line.)  38.  Platanus. 

9.  Poturus.  19.  Intonsa  cacu-  29.  Perago.  39.  Frons. 

10.  Infandus.  mina.  30.  Dilecta  locorum.  40.  Herba. 

11.  (Piural.)  20.  Amica  fretis. 

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122  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 

Protects  with  [its]  hospitable  boughs 1  and  hangs  over 7 
abundantly 3  with  shade. 

Here  the  strong 4  larch*  which  in  very  great  numbers 6  itself 
around 

Alpine  summits1  projects  f  and  the  poplar,9  which,  tall  of  size,10 
Rejoicing  in  the  neighboring  stream  and  thick 11  fen, 
Fringes 12  the  great  river  of  the  Eridanus. 

(17.) 


David,  designed  for  King. 

“  At  length,  then,13  cease 14  to  complain  !”— so  the  words  of 
Jehovah 


Address 15  the  prophet : 16  “  Why 11  with  long  murmuring  [dost 
thou  mourn  for]  Saul,13 

Why  dost  thou  mourn  for19  a  king,  rejected  by  me,20  without 
a  limit  ?21 

t  f 

Go,  fill22  [thy]  consecrated  horn  with  the  royal23  stream, 

And  the  doors  of  Jesse, 2i  and  the  threshold  of  small 
Ephrdtah ,25 

Advance,  seeking ;26  from  that  race21  have  I  selected 28  a  king.” 

The  prophet,  however  29  trembled 30  in  mind,  and  from  fear31 
of  Saul 

Declined 22  the  way  :  “  Take33  with  thee  what  may  burn 34  on 
the  altar.”3* 


Thus  again  [spoke]  the  Lord :  “  Jesse38  being  summoned31 
to  the  sacred  rites, 


Thou  shalt  know  what  to  do  33  and  on  whom  the  oil39  may 
be  poured .”40 

And  now  the  approaching 41  prophet2  trembling 43  beheld 44 


1.  Hospitio.  12.  Praetexo. 

2.  Superemineo.  13.  Igitur. 

3.  Large.  14.  Desisto. 

4.  Robustus.  15.  Compello. 

5.  Larix.  16.  Vates. 

6.  Plurimus.  17.  Q,uid. 

7.  Apex.  18.  Saulus. 

8.  Projicio.  19.  Mcereo. 

9.  (Populus:  last  20.  (Dative.) 

line.)  2.1.  Limes. 

10.  Ardua  nisu.  22.  Impleo. 

11.  Crassus.  23.  Regalis. 


24.  Jessiacasque  34.  Inardeo. 

fores.  35.  (Dative.) 

25.  Ephrata.  36.  Jes^seus. 

26.  Vade  petens.  37.  Voco  (abi.  abs.). 

27.  Illo  sanguine.  38.  Facias. 

28.  Seligo.  39.  Olivum. 

29.  At.  40.  Infundo. 

30.  TrepidoQnstori-  41.  Adventans. 

cal  infin.).  42.  Propheta  (ac- 

31.  Formido.  cus.). 

32.  Nolo  (hist.  inf.).  43.  Pavidus  (nom.). 

33.  Adsumas.  44.  Video. 


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123 


The  fathers  of  Bethlehem  :l  he,  however  2  disperses3  their  fears, 
And  prepares 4  Jesse  and  [his]  sons 5  to  celebrate  the  sacred 
rites .6 

And  when 7  Ae  saw8  the  lofty 9  limbs  of  Eltab,13 
And  [his]  noble  countenance ,X1  he  deems12  him13  chosen  of 
God;1* 

But,  warned  by  an  inward 15  voice,  that  Jehovah  doth  not 
appearances 16 

Regard,11  after  the  manner  of  man;1*  but  with  the  eye19  of 
heaven 

Forms 20  [his]  judgment,  and  beholds 21  mortal  hearts  ; 

When  now  he  had  rejected  seven  sons 22  in  succession  23 
“  ii/asi?  ftctf24  another  soft  ?”25  he  says  :  “  [One]  who 
keeps 26  the  pastures, 

And  guards21  the  sheep :  he 28  remains,  the  youngest 29  of 
these,” 

The  father 30  answers.  And  now,  sent  for31  from32  the  fields, 
He  was  present,  the  chosen  for  the  throne;33  and  looked 
bright 34  with  ruddy 35 

Countenance :36  the  youth31  being  both  of  ingenuous  aspect 38 
and  fair  to  behold 33 

Him,*3  having  removed 41  afar  all  who  might  witness  it*2 
Samuel 43  anointed 44 

As  the  future*3  king,  and  himself  retired 16 
To  Ramah  :*"'  but  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  urges  David 48 
With  inward  incitements ,49  and  stirs33  [his]  conscious  breast F 
Far  different 52  is  the  rage  of  Saul;33  and  with  the  dire  demon 


1.  BethlSmicus. 

2.  At  ille. 

3.  Discutio. 

4.  Paro. 

5.  Natusque. 

6.  Sacris  patran¬ 

dis. 

7.  Quando. 

8.  Videret* 

9.  Sublimis. 

10.  Eliabus. 

11.  Vultusque  in¬ 

genuos. 

12.  Censeo. 

13.  Hic. 


14.  Electum  Nu-  28. 

mine.  29. 

15.  Internus.  30. 

16.  Ora.  31. 

17.  Respicio.  32. 

18.  Humano  ritu.  33. 

19.  Lumen.  .  34. 

20.  Facio.  35. 

21.  Cerno.  36. 

22.  Septenus  proles.  37. 

23.  Ordine.  38. 

24.  Nonne  tibi. 

25.  Natus.  39. 

26.  Servo.  40. 

27.  Custodio. 


Ille. 

Novissimus. 

Genitor. 

Arcesso. 

Ab. 

Solio. 

Micabat. 

Roseus. 

Frons. 

Juvenis. 

Et  honesta 
tuens. 
Videri. 

Hic. 


41.  Remotus  (abi. 

abs.). 

42.  Qui  testarentur. 

43.  (Samuelis :  next 

line.) 

44.  Inungo. 

45.  Venturus. 

46.  Recedo. 

47.  In  Ramam. 

48.  Davides. 

49.  Stimulus. 

50.  Pulso. 

51.  (Plural.) 

52.  Alius/ 

53.  (Dative.) 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


His  bosom  swells,1  now  void  of 2  piety. — Thereupon 3  [his] 
attendants * 

Trembling 5  approach,  and  exhort  [their]  king,  laden 6 

With  heavy  anxiety ,7  to  procure 8  the  gentle  consolation 9 

For  [his]  griefs10  which  sweet  melody  11  which  music12  may 
afford,13 

Modulated  by  a  skilful1*  hand,  the  remedy  for  sorrow.10 

Nor  [was  there  any]  delay:10  already  the  son  of  Jesse11  is 
celebrated 18 

As  powerful  in  the  harp 19  and  the  song,  and  skilful20  in  war, 

And  prudent  in  business,21  and  lovely 22  in  countenance ,23  and 
of  God 

With  the  assistance  endowed;2*  and,  sent  to  the  sheep-folds ,25 

The  servants 26  of  the  king  seek 27  the  shepherd  and  bring 
[him]  back  with  them. 

Therefore  David23  came,  bringing  both  bread,20  a  rustic 
present,30 

And  at  the  same  time 31  a  kid,  and  wine,  the  wealth32  of  [his] 
paternal 

Simplicity,  and  the  burden33  of  a  patient  ass. 

And  he  stood  by3*  the  king,30  and  excited 36  great  affection 37  [in 
him],  -  .  X 

And  filled33  the  place39  of  armor-bearer  :*°  and  when1 11  the  hour 
of  grief*2 

The  dark*3  [hour],  shook**  Saul  with  a  hidden*0  whirlwind, 

digitated 46  by  the  impulse  of  the  Demon,*1  [then],  silver  onits 
strings,*3 

The  harp  resounded,*9  struck00  by  the  hand  of  the  shepherd, 


1.  Intumeo. 

2.  Carens. 

3.  Tnde. 

4.  Minister. 

5.  Trepidus. 

6.  Onustus. 

7.  Anxietas. 

8.  Ut  pararet. 

9.  Blanda  solatia. 

10.  iErumna. 

11.  Melos. 

12.  Carmina. 

13.  Praesto. 

14.  Solers. 


15.  Medicamina  luc-  27. 

tus.  28. 

16.  Nec  mora.  29. 

17.  Jesseia  proles.  30. 

18.  Fama  fertur.  31. 

19.  Citharae  (gen.).  32. 

20.  Peritus.  33. 

21.  Rerum.  34. 

22.  Amabilis.  35. 

23.  Os.  36. 

24.  Praeditus.  37. 

25.  Ovile.  38. 

26.  (Famulus:  next  39. 

line.) 


(Previous  line.)  40. 
(Next  line.)  41. 
Panemque.  42. 
Agrestia  dona.  43. 
Simul.  44. 

Opes,  (nextl.)  45. 
Onus.  46. 

Adsto.  47. 

(Dative.) 

Incutio.  48. 

Amor. 

Impleo.  49. 

Vices.  50. 


Armiger. 

(Ubi:  next  line.) 
Dolor. 

Ater. 

Concutio. 
Secretus. 
Trepidans. 
Daemonicus  im¬ 
pulsus. 

Argentea  ner¬ 
vis. 

Tum  insonuit. 
Percitus. 


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125 


And  appeased 1  the  rage  of  [his]  mind ;  and,  by  the  sweetness 
of  the  song2 

Overcome ,3  the  heart  of  the  unhappy  king 5  began  to  be  at 
rest.6 

(18.) 

Combat  of  David  with  Goliath. 

And  now,  where 7  Succoth 8  raises  [her]  towered  strength ,9 
And  Azeca 10  her11  walls,  the  Philistines 12  had  pitched 
[Their]  numerous 13  camp  :  while,  whereli  the  Terebinthine 15 
valley 

Is  expanded™  the  Hebrew  bands1’’  stood 18  on  the  summit 19  of 
the  adverse  mountain, 

With  [their]  king.  When,  behold 20  the  son 21  of  Gath22 
Goliath,23  advances,  of  wondrous  size ;2* 

He 25  [is]  brazen26  as  to  his  helmet,  brazen  in  [his]  glitter¬ 
ing  arms 21 

And  bears 28  a  buckler  on  [his]  shoulders ,29  and  a  spear  of 
great  weight, 

With  an  iron 30  point,  like  the  weapons 31  of  the  giants, 
Himself  a  giant,  looking  loftily  32  and  a  servant33  a  shield 
Before 34  his  master  displays36  He  calls  (and  to  [his]  voice 
tremendous  sounds36 

Re-echo31  over 38  the  hills,  and  through  the  whole  valley)39 
The  Israelites 40  to  the  battle  :  £{  Why  do  yeiX  prepare  these 
wars  ? 

Am  not  I  here*2  [one]  of  the  Philistine  fighting-men ,43 
And  [do  not]  ye  obey  Saul?  Choose  for  yourselves 44 


1.  Sedo. 

2.  Cantus. 

3.  Vinco. 

4.  Praecordia. 

5.  (Dative.) 

6.  Quiescebant. 

7.  Ubi. 

8.  Succotia. 

9.  Turritas  vires. 

—  30.  Azeca. 

11.  Suus. 

12.  (Philistcei:  next 

verse.) 


13.  (Numerosus:  23.  Gollas.  35.  Ostento, 

previous  verse.)  24.  Moles.  36.  (Murmura :  next 

14.  Qua.  25.  Hie.  verse.) 

15.  Terebinthinus.  26.  iEreus.  37.  Resulto. 

16.  Pando.  27.  Rutilantibus  ar-  38.  Per. 

17.  (Hebraeas  manus:  mis.  39.  Tota  valle. 

next  verse.)  28.  (Gesto:  next v.)  40.  isacidae. 

18.  Steterant.  29.  Ex  humeris.  41.  Vos. 

19.  Vertex.  30.  Ferratus.  42.  Nonne  ego  ad- 

20.  Adspice.  31.  Telum.  sum. 

21.  (Soboles :  next  32.  Sublime  tuens.  43.  De  Philistaeis 

verse.)  33.  Minister.  pugnantibus. 

22.  Gatha.  34.  Pras.  44.  Secernite  vobis. 


L  2 


126 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION.— PART  IV. 


Some  warrior,1 2  who  may  come,  to  action?  with  me. 

If  he3  shall  be  conqueror,  if  [he]  shall  lay  me 1 5 6 7  in  the  dust* 
Suffering 6  the  sad  yoke,  we  will  all  be  servants 7  to  you ; 
But,  if  otherwise,  do  ye  yourselves,8 9  [0]  men,  serve  [your] 
enemies. 

Let  some  one,  therefore,  come  forth3  who  may  be  willing 10 
to  contend  alone  with  me, 

And  to  decide  victory 11  upon  one  life.”1 2 
The  alarmed 13  prince  heard  this ;  all  Judcea 14  heard  [it] 
"With  anxious 15  fear.  But  he,16  the  youngest  son 17  of  that  aged 18 
Ephrathite ,19  his  own  rustic  duties 20 
Had  sought 21  again,  and  kept 22  his  father’s  lambs 
On  the  hills  of  Bethlehem 33  as  before  ;  while  in  brave  arms 
His  three  brothers  shone 24  afar,  and  their  king,  in  prOud 
Station,35  defended.  At  length  Jesse 26  [said]  these  [words]  : 
“  Gof 

Dear  boy,  and  carrying  bread  and  parched  corn  38 
Seek  the  camp,  and  inquire 29  for  your  brethren33  in  this 
time  of  the  war, 

How  they  fare.”31 — And  now  in  the  very 32  threshold  of  the 
battle, 

While  the  armies  shouted,33  and  gave34  by  turns35  the  dreadful 
Signals,  the  son  of  Jesse35  came  into3’1  [his]  native  camp  ;38 
And,  trusting 39  [his]  car  to  [his]  attendant ,40  runs  into  the 
disturbed 

Host,41  and  sees  his  brethren  mixed  among 42  the  thousands. 
And  as  they  conferred?3  with  each  other  f  the  lofty 45  son 15  of 
Gath 


1.  Pugnator.  13.  Perterritus.  25.  Locus. 

2.  Conferat  arma.  14.  Judaea  (next  line).  26.  Jessreus. 

3.  Hie.  15.  Solicitus.  27.  Abito. 

4.  Me  prosternet.  16.  Ille.  28.  Triticumque 

5.  Arenae.  17.  (Minimus  natus :  perustum. 

6.  Passi.  (next  verse.)  29.  Perquiro. 

7.  Famulabimur  18.  Senilis.  30.  (Fratres:  next 

omnes.  19.  Ephrathites.  verse.) 

8.  Vos  ipsi.  20.  Sua  munera  31.  Ut  valeant. 

9.  Prodeo.  ruris.  32.  Ipso  in. 

10.  (Qui  velit :  next  21.  Quaesierat.  33.  Fremerent. 

verse.)  22'.  Custodio.  34.  Cano. 

11.  Palma.  23.  Bethlemicojugo.  35.  Vicissim. 

12.  Una  vita  (abi.).  24.  Micuere. 


36.  Proles  Jesseia. 

37.  Aderat. 

38.  (Ablative.) 

39.  Commissus  (ab! 

abs.). 

40.  Famulus. 

41.  Agmina. 

42.  Permistus. 

43.  Utque  agerent. 

44.  Inter  sese. 

45.  Celsissimus. 

46.  (Soboles :  next 

averse.) 


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127 


Advances,  Goliath,  of  wondrous  size, 

And,  with  [his]  accustomed  words,  challenges  the  faintly 
opposing 1 

Bands.2  But  unto  the  Israelites  the  cold 3  blood  returns  to 
[their]  hearts ,4 

And  the  pale  nation  flies  the  p?'offered 5 6 7 8 9 10  death. 

Yet  it  speaks  of  great  commendations 6  of  warlike 7  fame 
To  be  bestowed 8  on  the  conquering  chief 9  who  shall  over¬ 
throw 10  the  enemy  ' 

Gigantic 11  in  size,  and  of  abundant 12  treasure 13  vast'* 
Weights,  and  wedlock 15  also  with  the  daughter  of  the  king.™ 
“  Shall  he™  then,”  cries  David,  “  enjoy  this 
Reward,™  who  hath  conquered  the  Philistine,  and  washed 
away 19  that 

Disgrace  from  the  Israelites  ?20  Who  [is]  he 21  that  dares  in 
threatening  guise22 

To  insult 23  the  living  God  ?  Why  does  he  challenge  the 
chosen 24  band 

Of  Him  ?”25  But  with  severe 28  voice  [him]  speaking 
Eliab  reproves  27  “  JY%28  into  these  contests  of  war, 

Vain  [boy] ,  dost  thou  come  ?  With  what 29  keeper20  the  few 
sheep31  in  the  wilderness 32 

Hast  thou  left,  [O]  boy  ?”  But  to  his  brother  soft 
Words  wisely 33  returning ,34  and  having  spoken  the  sawe 
thing30  throughout  the  camp, 

He  is  present  at  the  side36  of  the  king  ;  and  now  sent  for  to 
his  hearing  f 

He  says  these  things  :  “  Let  no  one: 39  tremble  f  that  [man] 
threatening  fl 


1.  JEgre  obluctan-  11.  Giganteus. 

tia.  12.  Multus. 

2.  Anna.  13.  Gaza. 

3.  'Frigidus:  next  14.  Immanis. 

verse.)  15.  Connubium 

4  In  prascordia.  (plur.). 

5.  Oblatus.  16.  Regalis  nata 

6.  Praeconium.  (gen.). 

7.  Fortis.  17.  Ille. 

8.  Donandus.  18.  Dos. 

9.  Victori  viro.  19.  Abluo. 

10.  Fuderit.  20.  Isacidis. 


21.  Quisnam  iste.  31.  Bidens. 

22!  Minaciter  ausus.  32.  Ad  tesqua. 

23.  Insulto.  33.  Sagax. 

24.  Electus,  (next  v.)  34.  Refero 

25.  Illius.  35.  Idem. 

26.  Acerbus.  36.  Lateri. 

27.  Corripio.  37.  Arcessitus. 

28.  Quid,  38.  Ad  aures. 

29.  Quocum.  39.  Haud  quisquam. 

30.  (Custos:  next  40.  Tremisco. 

verse.)  41.  Minitans. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


I  myself1  will  go  against 2  [him] ,  and  meet 3  [him]  hand  to 
hand 4  in  arms.” 

“  Thou,  unhappy 5  boy  !  not  of  such  a  soldier,  of  such 
Assistance  [we]  have  not  need:6  an  unequal  match 7  thiss 
youth  [of  thine] 

Would  be9  with  one  practiced  in  war,19  and  greedy 11  of 
slaughter.” 

Thus 12  the  king.  David  in  return  :13  “  Once1 4  guarded 
Thy  servant 15  the  sheep  of  Jesse  f 6  and  a  bear 17  and  a  lion 
Descended  from  the  hills,19  and  from  the  folds  a  chosen 19 
lamb 

Carried  off 20  together?1  Lo  !  the  two  plunderers 22 
This  hand,  not  in  vain,29  resisted  and  seized 25  [its]  beard 26 
unto  the  monster 

Rising  in  rage  21  and  with  avenging  jaw  f 
And  laid  [him]  lifeless  :29  and  with  a  like  death 30  shall  this 31 
unbeliever  also 32  perish 
Who  challenges  the  arms  of  Jehovah. 

For  He 33  who  me  from  the  bear  and  the  cruel  lion’s 
Fangs 34  rescued  96  that  God 36  will  favor  [me]  going 
Against  the  face91  of  his  enemy,  and  will  defend 38  [me]  in 
[my]  great  attempt?’99 

Then  the  king,  vows  being  offered,  and  having  prayed  for 
a  favorable  issue, 40 

Dismissed  the  youth,  and  clothed?1  [him]  with  royal  armor. 
He,  how7 ever,  rejects  untried 42  weapons,  and  to  his 
Strength 43  a  burden  [that  was]  hostile :44  andi6  five 45  smooth 
pebbles (46) 


1.  Ipse.  14.  Olim. 

2.  Obvias.  15.  Tibi  servus. 

3.  Concurro.  16.  Jessiacas  oves. 

4.  Cominus.  17.  Ursus. 

5.  Miserandus.  18.  Jugum. 

6.  Non  opus  est.  19.  Lectus. 

7.  Impar  congressa.  20.  Abripio. 

8.  (Hcec :  next  v.)  21.  Simul. 

9.  Foret.  22.  Raptor. 

10.  Experto  bello-  23.  Non  vana. 

rum.  24.  Obsto. 

11.  Avarus.  25.  Prehendo. 

12.  Ita.  26.  (Barbam: 

13.  Iterum  verse.) 


27.  Assurgenti  fu-  36.  Deus  ille, 

riis.  37.  In  ora. 

28.  Vindice  rictu.  38.  Tutor. 

29.  Stravit  et  exani-  39.  Ausum  (plur.). 

mum.  40.  Fausta  precatus. 

30.  (Interitu:  next  41.  Induo, 

verse.)  42.  Intentatus. 

31.  (Hic  :  next  43.  Vires, 

verse.)  44.  Pondus  infestum 

32.  (Etiam :  next  45.  (Quinque  :  next 

verse.)  ,  verse.) 

33.  Ille  etenim.  46.  Teretesque  lapil- 

next  34.  Unguis.  -los. 

35.  Eripio 


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129 


Choosing  from  the  water  of  the  brook /  and  placing 2  [them] 
in  [his]  shepherds1 2 3 4 5  scrip* 

With  both  sling 5  in  hand,  and  staff  taken6  [by  him], 

A  boy,  simple  in  countenance ,7 8 9 10  he  advances 8  against  [his] 
furious 9  enemy. 

But,  looking  round 10  with  stern  eyes  at  the  trembling 11 

Hosts,12  and  beholding 13  one  of  weak  strength,1*  and  ruddy 15 
with  youth, 

Thus 16  about  to  contend 17  with  himself :  “  To  dogsvld  [then] 
(Goliath 

Thunders ),19  “am  I  likened?  m  that20  unarmed,  and  [0] 
wretch  ! 21  only 22 

With  a  staff  thou  wilt  fight?  May  our  gods  thee,  [0] 
vilest22 

With  swift2*  destruction 25  strike  !26  Come  hither 21  and  [thy] 
wretched  carcass 28 

To  the  birds20  and  beasts 30  will  I  give.”  To  whom  he  :31 

“  Thou  me  with 32  sword,  and  shield,  and  the  spear  of  the 
soldier 

Opposestff  fierce  [champion] :  I  thee,  the  Supreme3*  [being 
my]  guide,36 

The  God  who  rules  the  Israelites 36  not  with  my  own 
strength f 

Not  with  [my  own]  arms,  unbeliever ,38  will  attack  ;  and, 
conquered  by  this30  arm*0  ^ 

Thou  shalt  be  prostrated 41  on  the  ground,  and  of  thy  head 
shall  perish  the  severed 42 

Glory,  and  of  thy 43  [friends],  slaughtered  together**  verv 
many 


1.  Fons. 

2.  Repono. 

3.  (Pastoris :  next 

verse.) 

4.  Pera. 

5.  Fundaque. 

6.  Baculoque  re¬ 

cepto. 

7.  Ore. 

8.  Accedo. 

9.  Furibundus. 

10.  Circumspicio. 


11.  Trepidans. 

12.  Agmina. 

13.  Cerno. 

14.  Invalidus. 

15.  Roseusque. 

16.  Adeo. 

17.  Certo. 

18.  Canibusne. 

19.  Intono. 

20.  Q.uod. 

21.  Improbus. 

22.  Solo. 


23.  Turpissimus. 

24.  Citus. 

25.  Clades. 

26.  Ferio. 

27.  Ades  huc. 

28.  Cadaver. 

29.  Ales. 

30.  Brutisque. 

31.  Talibus. 

32.  Cum. 

33.  Adversare. 

34.  Supremus. 


35.  Ductor. 

36.  Isacidis  domi¬ 

nante. 

37.  Impete  nostro. 

38.  Infidus. 

39.  (Hic:  next 

verse.) 

40.  Lacertus. 

41.  Sterneris. 

42.  Abscissus. 

43.  Tuorum. 

44.  Simul. 


( 


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Coi'ses1  shall  the  birds 2  feed  upon,3  and  the  hitings  of  wild 
beasts I 


That 5  all  the  earth 6  may  know  Jehovah  dwells  in  Judah™ 
He  spoke,  and  running  up,  he  rushes 8  to  meet 9  his  vast  enemy, 
And  whirling,10  with  wondrous  skill,11  the  pebble  placed  in 
his  sling 12 

He  throws  it.13  But  that  stone11  driven 15  into  the  forehead16 
of  Goliath,  • ' 

Passes  into  his  brain17  and  sinks 16  itself  in  the  full  flow  of 
blood.13 

The  giant  fell20  over 21  his  arms  with  a  resounding  crash.32 
The  conqueror  had  no23  sword  ;  but  straightway 24  upon  [his] 

foer 

Laid  prostrate 26  leaping  21  he  snatches 28  from  the  scabbard 
the  sword 

Of  [that  foe]  himself 20  and  has  cut  off30  the  head  of  [its] 
master.31  On  every  side,  over  the  whole32 
Fields  there  is  immediately  confusion,33  and  the  Philistines  31 
turned  back  33  flee 

In  hurried  mass,36  at  Goliath’s  prostrate 37 
Limbs  scarce  looking;33  and 42  frantic 39  with  unexpected 40 
triumph, 

Shouting 41  Judah  follows, 12  and  bloody  slaughter 
Invokes,  and  lets  loose13  all  the  reins  of  [her]  resentment . 11 
The  fierce  enemies  fell  under 45  repeated  blows 16 
Over  the  hills1'’  over  the  valleys,  over  the  blood-dropping 
paths 13 

Even  to 49  the  gates  of  Ekronf  and  the  pale  walls 51  of  Gath; 


1.  Corpus.  14. 

2.  Avis.  15. 

3.  Depascor.  16. 

4.  Morsusque  feri-  17. 

ni, 

5.  Quod.  18. 

6.  Teilus.  19. 

7.  In  Juda  esse.  20. 

8.  Ruo.  21. 

9.  Obvius.  22. 

10.  Roto.  23. 

11.  Ars.  24. 

12.  Fundse  (dat,.).  25. 

13.  Conjicio.  26. 


_ 

Impactus.  28. 

Fronti.  29. 

Per  cerebrum  30. 

venit.  31. 

Mergo.  32. 

Pleno  sanguine.  33. 

Procumbo. 

Super.  34. 

Resonante  ruina.  35. 

Non  erat.  36. 

Protenus.  37. 

(Dative.)  38. 

Prostratus.  39. 


Insilio.  40. 

Proripio.  41. 

Ipsius.  42. 

Abscindo. 

Domino.  43. 

Totis.  44. 

Extemplo  turba-  45. 

tur.  46. 

(Next  line.)  47. 

Reversus.  48. 

Mole  rapida. 
Resupina.  49. 

Intuitus.  50. 

Insanus.  51. 


Novus,  (next  v.) 
Conclamo. 
(Sequiturque : 
previous  verse.) 
Effundo. 

Irarum. 
Succubuere. 
Repetitis  ictibus. 
Per  juga. 
Sanguinolenta  . 

viarum. 

Usque  etiam. 
Kkronis. 

(Moenia :  nexi  v.) 


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131 


Until  the  bands  1  returning  from2  the  cruel  slaughter, 

Rush  into3  the  deserted  tents ,4  with  weary  hands,5 
And  load  themselves  with  spoils  ;  and,  having  become  pos¬ 
sessed  of  the  booty  5 7 

David,1  joyous  in  the  midst,  and  bearing  the  vast8 9  weight 
Of  the  severed  head,  they  now 9  bring  back  to  the  royal 10 
camp. 

David  all  with  words  and  plaudits11 

Extol,  and  reiterate 12  the  publication 13  of  [his]  well-earned 14 
praise. 

\  \ 

(19.)  ..  j| 

The  Affection  of  Jonathan  for  David.  The  Hatred  and 

Vengeance  of  Saul. 

But  when  now 15  the  son  of  Jesse16  the  innocent11  honors  of  the 
shepherdess  off,18 

And,  not  restored 19  again  to  his  paternal 20  fields, 

Stood  before  the  countenance 21  of  the  king,  with  a  friendly 
Aspect  Jonathan 22  beholds  him, 23  and  the  heart’s  innermost 21 
Bonds  bind  together 25  the  ardent  youth  of  both.26 
How  sacred 27  and  sweet  a  covenant  of  friendship !  What 
than  that 23 

[Is]  more  pleasant 29  on  earth  f  what  more  worthy  of  the 
sight 31  of  Jehovah  ?  — 

Nor  could  the  love  of  the  breast 32  be  shown  enough,  except 
by  many  a  gift f 3 

And 36  Jonathan  adorns™  [his]  companion 35  with  [his]  own 
robeff6)  and  [his]  very 
Sword.  He  moreover 37  to  the  attendants 38 


1.  Catervae.  11.  Plausus. 

2.  Reduces  e.  12.  Ttero. 

3.  In.»  13.  Pneconia. 

4.  Tentorium.  14.  Meritus. 

5.  Dextra.  15.  Quando  jam 

6.  Prredaque  potiti.  nunc. 

7.  (Davidem  :  next  16.  (Jesseldes  :  3d 

■verse.)  verse.) 

8.  Immanis.  17.  Ipnocuus. 

9.  (Jam:  previous  18.  Exuo.  (Next  v.) 

verse.)  19.  Redditus. 

10.  (Regia:  next  v.)  20.  Patrius. 


21.  Constitit  ad  vul-  32.  (Mentis  amor : 

turn.  next  verse.) 

22.  Jonathanus.  33.  Nisi  munere 

23.  Hic.  multo. 

24.  Intima.  34.  (Exornat  i  next 

25.  Constringo.  verse.) 

26.  Utrique  (dat.).  35.  (Socius:  next 

27.  Sanctus.  verse.) 

28.  Quid  illo.  36.  Propriaque  toga 

29.  Gratus.  37.  Quin  ille. 

30.  (Plural.)  38.  Minister.  , 

31.  Ore. 


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Of  the  king,  and  also 1  to  all  the  people,  was  most  dear ;2 
And  he  was  set  over 3  the  works 4  of  war,  and  a  valiant  band,5 6 7 
Skilled 6  in  [his]  duties,  and  wisely  enjoying  his  honors d 
/o  /8 9  exulting 9  from  the  walls  of  Israel ,10 
A  female  choir  hastened 11  and  filled12  with  song 
And  dance 13  the  ways.  David1*  returning  from  the  destroy¬ 
ed 15  enemy 

They  meet  f  and  Saul,  being  a  witness,  [their]  sounding11 
Joy  repeat, 18  [their]  re-echoing 19  timbrels20  with  hands  on 
high21 

Oft-striking  22  and  singing  with  alternate  voice  : 

“  /23  they  have  returned  home !  Saul,  who  [his]  thou¬ 

sands  in  war, 

And  David ,  who  [his]  ten 24  thousands  has  overthrown .”25 
But  anger 

Unto  the  king  the  greater  honor 26  away  from  himself 21 

in  the  praise  of  his  countrymen' 18  Acts  excited  20 
And  [to  be]  prepared  to  envy 30  his  very  kingdom 
He  now  imagines 31  in  mind  the  youth,22  and  im'M  Me  eyes  o/ 
malignity 33  v  "  , 

Begins  to  behold2*  [him],  and  to  surround 35  [him]  with  dar/c 
evils.26 

Nor  [was  there  any]  delay  :  impelled f  divinely  f  with  de¬ 
moniac  impulse,39 

The  royal  mind  meditates 40  vast  wickedness ,41  and  dares 
To  undertake  in  action  what  it  has  conceived I2  While  the 
strains  which  had  been*3  pleasing  f 
And  black  grief 43  to  drive  away 46  before  this 47 


1.  Etiam. 

2.  Acceptus. 

3.  Preefuit. 

4.  Studium. 

5.  Caterva. 

6.  Scitus. 

7.  Sapiensque  poti¬ 

tus  honorum. 

8.  Ecce  autem. 

9.  Exaltans. 

10.  Israelis. 

11.  Properare  (hist. 

infin.). 

12.  Replere. 


13.  Saltatuque. 

14.  Davldi.  (next  v 

15.  Peremptus. 

16.  Occurro.*' 

17.  Sonorus. 

18.  Repeto. 

19.  Resonans. 

20.  (Tympanum : 

next  verse.) 

21.  Altis  palmis. 

22.  Pulsans. 

23.  En. 

24.  Denaque  Davi- 

des  qui. 


25.  Fundo. 

,)  26.  (Next  line.) 

27.  Demptus  sibi. 

28.  Suorum. 

29.  Conflavit. 

30.  Invidisse  para¬ 

tum. 

31.  Effingo. 

32.  Juvenem. 

33.  Livoris  ocellis. 

34.  Aspicio. 

35.  Circumdo. 

36.  Cascis  damnis. 

37.  Incitus. 


38.  Divinitus. 

39.  Daemonicus  mo¬ 

tus. 

40.  Meditor. 

41.  Immane  nefas. 

42.  Conceptum  na¬ 

vare  manu. 

43.  (Q.uaj  fuerant : 

next  verse.) 

44.  Cordi. 

45.  Atrumque  dolo¬ 

rem. 

46.  Pepulisse. 

47.  Prius, 


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133 


From 1  the  mind  of  the  king  were  able,  with  the  art  that  he 
was  wont 2 

The  son  of  Jesse  repeats ,3  and  bends  over 4  [his]  loved  harp, 

The  tyrant  throws  a  dart,5  dreadful  in  rage 6  and  deceit, 7 

From  his  right  hand,  and  meditates 8  unjust  death 

Against  the  incautious  youth. — God  delivers 9  him10  from  so 
great  terror,11 

And  removes 12  [him]  from  the  station 13  of  dire  danger. 

God  [is]  ever 14  a  source  of  protection15  to  his  own  [children] ! 
nor  does  he  desert  them}5 

In  times  of  difficulty ,17  nor  in  the  very  hour  of  death}* 

(20.) 

The  Affection  of  Michal.  The  Rage  of  Saul. 

Nor  [was]  this  sufficient 19  to  [the  king],  eager  for  slaughter  f° 
and  he  sends  ministers 

Of  [his]  cruelty 21  to  the  threshold  of  David,  and  the  inner¬ 
most  parts  of  his  house,22 

To  seek 23  for  the  innocent 24  master  :  but  [his]  terrified  wife, 

Michal,25  faithful  in  misfortunes  25  and  experiencing  kindred 
sorrows 21 

Makes  known 28  the  nearer  destruction ,29  and  [her]  warned 
husband 30  by  a  window 

[She]  trembling 31  sends  away  : 32  then,  with  benignant  decep¬ 
tion ,33 

Skillful, 34  she  filled 35  the  bed  of  [her]  husband}5  with  an 
image, 

Placed  a  pillow  under  the  head,21  and  the  whole 38  with  a 
garment 


1.  Ex.  10.  Hie.  21.  Saevitia.  30.  (Virum :  next 

2.  Qua  sueverat  11.  Formido.  22.  Intima  tecti.  line.) 

arte.  12.  Removeo.  23.  Quassi  tum  (su- J  31.  Tremebundus. 

3.  Repeto.  13.  Statio.  pine.)  32.  Dimitto. 

4.  Incumbo.  14.  Usque.  24.  Insons.  33.  Fraus. 

5.  (Jaculum:  next  15.  Tutela.  25.  Micale.  34.  Scitus. 

verse.)  16.  Illos.  26.  Malis.  35.  Compleo. 

6  Horrendum  fu-  17.  Temporibus  du-  27.  Sociosque  ex-  36.  Maritalis. 

riis.  biis.  perta  dolores.  37.  Pulvinum  capiti 

7.  Et  fraude.  18.  Funus.  28.  Indico.  subjecit. 

8.  Minitor.  19.  Satis.  29.  Exitium  propius.  38.  Omnia. 

9.  (Eripit :  next  1.)  20.  Caedis  cupido. 

M 


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Thrown  over  it 1  covered ?  pretending  that  [her]  husband’s 
sick3 

Body 4  lay  in  the  bed ?  and  languished 6  with  sad  disease. 
But,  Zo  /7  the  mat/8  desire  of  slaughter'9  has  impelled  the  very 
Tyrant  to  enter  into  the  chamber 10  of  the  hated 11  David, 
That  he  might  crush,12  with  his  own  hand 13  [his]  enemy 
without  strength, 

Thus14,  laboring  with  sickness,15  and  unable 16  to  contend. 
Then,  incensed 17  at  [his]  daughter,  he  departed ;  nor  does 
he  lay  aside, 

Though  so  often  baffled15  the  wretched  burden 19  of  [his] 
bitter 20  hatred ; 

But,  even  into  the  conscious  recesses21  of  the  farthest22  Rama, 
Filled 23  with  the  strains 24  of  the  prophets,  where  he, 
Samuel,25  holier25 

From  age21  and  in  long-established 28  honor,  flourished, 29 
He  commands  [his]  servants 30  to  go,  too  well  fitted  for  cruel 
Offices.31  The  unexpected 32  energy 33  of  God  seizes  these 34 
[men]  praying  against  their  will,35 
And  with  a  sacred  fervor35  comes  over31 
The  minds  of  them  prophesying.35  The  sauie  miracle 39  the 
persons 40  sent 

Thrice-repeated  strikes  ;  and  he  himself,  of  [his]  wicked 41 
Purpose  now  tenacious  in  mind,  the  prophet’s  tranquil 
Dwelling 42  suddenly 43  breaks  through  f  and45  laboring  with 
sudden 45 

Impulse?5  glows  with  the  image  of  divine  piety, 

Ignorant?1  alas  !  of  the  truth,  and  compelled  to  praise  the 
Lord 

1.  Injectus.  14.  Adeo.  26.  Sanctus.  37.  Supervenio. 

2.  Condo.  15.  iEgrotans.  27.  iEtas.  38.  Vaticinantum 

3.  iEgrotus.  16.  Non  potens.  28.  Vetus.  animis. 

4.  Membra.  17.  Irascens.  29.  Vigeo.  39.  (Plural.) 

5.  Torus.  18.  Elusus.  30.  Famulus.  40.  (Viros,  next  v.) 

6.  Languesco.  19.  Pondus.  31.  Officium.  41.  Nefandus. 

7.  En.  20.  (Amari:  previ-  32.  Inopinus.  42.  Limen  (plur.). 

8.  Rabiosus.  ous  line.)  33.  (Virtus :  next  43.  Subito. 

9.  Fames  caedendi.  21.  Penetralia.  line.)  44.  Perrumpo. 

10.  Thalamus.  22.  Extremus.  34.  Next  verse.  45.  Subitoque. 

11.  Invisus!  23.  Plenus.  35.  Non  sponte.  46.  Impete. 

12.  Opprimo.  24.  Modulus.  36.  jflstus.  47.  Nescius. 

13.  Propria  dextra.  25.  (Next  line.) 


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135 


With  unwilling  lips.  The  king,  therefore,  stripped,1  of  regal 2 
honor, 

And  bereft  of  [his]  garment ,3 4  and  the  ornament 4  of  war, 

Casts5 6  himself  before  the  feet  of  Samuel,  beloved 

Once  in  an  another  and  better  manner  ;  and  the  praises 6  of 
the  prophets 

[He],  impious,  increasing ,7  feels8  himself  a  prophet,  with 
breast 

Astonished,  and  turns  pale  to  hear 9  his  own  inspiration. 10 

(21.) 

The  Conference  of  David  and  Jonathan. 

And  the  alarmed 11  son  of  Jesse  had  fled  to  the  towers  of 
Rama  ; 

“  And  in  what 12  have  I  trangressed,13  [0]  Jonathan  ?  In 
what  before  thy 14  parent 

Have  I  offended  f  [0  thou]  dear  to  me !  that 16  at  my'1  life 
severe 18 

Weapons  he  aims  ?”  Thus  he  :  “  But,  O,  may  God  an  at¬ 
tempt' 9 

Such  as  this20  forbid  to  be  made”  ([his]  weeping  friend  re¬ 
plies), 

“  For  thou  shalt  not  die  ;21  there  is  nothing,  without  me  as  a 
witness 22 

That  my  father  will  do  :23  why  should  Ibe2i  ignorant  in  this 
alone  ? 

Not  so  !”  David  again  :  “  [Thy]  father 25  has  perceived 26 
thee  with  love 

Of  me  constrained ;27  nor,  by  uttering 23  such  things, 

Has  he  betrayed  the  unjust  undertaking 29  which  would  dis¬ 
tress 30  thee. 

1.  Exutus.  9.  Exaudio.  17.  (Next  line.)  24.  Quid  sim. 

2.  (Regali:  next  10.  Furor.  18.  Tristis.  25.  (Genitor:  next 

verse.)  11.  Territus.,  19.  Ausum.  line.) 

3..  Nud usque  toga.  12.  Quid.  20.  Talis.  26.  Sentio. 

4.  Decoramen.  13.  Erro.  21.  Non  morieris  27.  Constrictus. 

5.  Projicio.  14.  (Tuum:  next  enim.  28.  Fando. 

6.  Praeconia.  verse.)  22.  Me  teste  remoto.  29.  Inceptum. 

7.  Accumulans.  15.  Pecco.  23.  Efficio.  30.  Lacero. 

8.  Sentio.  16.  Quod. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


But  (believe  thou  me1),  by  a  narrow  space 2  from  death’s 
Jaws 3  escaping ,4 1  am  kept 5  [from  it]  by  scarcely  a  single  step  .”6 
“  Whatever  thou1  mayest  wish  I  will  do,”  oppressed 8  in  heart 9 
by  grief, 

The  prince  says.  To  whom  thus  the  soft  of  Jesse:10 
“  The  fteio  moon11  will  be  present  wftVA  ?/s12  to-morrow ;  the 
king’s  rich13 

Feast 14 1  am  bound  to  attend:15  but  suffer11  me 16  to  lie  hidlf1) 
in  the  field 

TV//18  the  third  day  retire 19  with  dying  light30 
If  [thy]  father  call  for 21  [me  when]  absent,  say32  that  I  the 
sweet 

Confines33  of  the  land  of  Bethlehem311  have  quickly 25  sought, 
Oft  account  of 26  the  sacred  rites  which  now  our  whole 
house  offers 31 

Annually  30  If  he  listen 29  with  patience  f  lovely 31  unto  ns 
Will  this  be,  and  joyful ;  but  if  he  is  inflamed  with  the  heat 32 
of  anger, 

Sad  evil  impends  over  me  :  thou  with  me  strong 83  bonds 24 
Of  affection 35  hast  ratified;35  and  before  Jehovah 
We  two  are  sworn  and  bounden  companions  31 
But  if  any  wickedness 38  is  known 39  by  mefi  do  [thou]  thyself 
with  thine  own 41  arm12 

Dispatch 13  me,  nor  give  me  up 44  to  [thy]  unfavorable15  parent.” 
“  Ah,  may  this  be  far  from  [thy]  life f 6  far  every  injurious 
thing f 

Beloved  one,  from  thy  [life] !”  exclaims  the  prince.  “  Let 
us19  go  away  into  the  accustomed 49  field 


/ 


1.  (Dative.)  13.  Opimis. 

2.  Tenui  discrimi-  14.  Epulis. 

ne.  15.  Adsum. 

3.  Fauces.  16.  (Next  line.) 

4  Effugio.  17.  Pati  are  laten- 

5.  Arceor.  tern. 

6.  Passus  unus.  18.  Dum. 

7.  Tu  quodcunque.  19.  Recedo. 

8.  (Pressus :  next  20.  Luce  pereunte. 

verse.)  21.  Vocito. 

9.  Praecordia.  22.  Dicas. 

10.  Jesseia  proles.  23.  Confinia. 

11.  Novilunia.  24.  Bethlemicus. 

12.  Nobis  (dat.).  25.  Citum  (adj.). 


26.  Causa. 

27.  Offerat. 

28.  Annua  (adj.). 

29.  Ausculto. 

30.  Patiens. 

31.  Amabilis. 

32.  JEstus. 

33.  (Fortia:  next 

line.) 

34.  Foedera. 

35.  Pietas. 

36.  Sancio. 

37.  Obstrictique  so¬ 

dales. 


38.  Aliquid  sceleris. 

39.  Noscitur. 

40.  (Dative.) 

41.  (Proprio :  next 

line.) 

42.  Lacertus. 

43.  Conficio. 

44.  Trado. 

45.  Iniquus. 

46.  Capiti. 

47.  Nocivum. 

48.  (Nos:  next  v.) 

49.  ( Assolitum : 

next  verse.) 


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137 


Together:  God  of  Israel!  the  friends 

Great  God,  behold  !l  If  any  thing  from  him 2  my  spirit 3  shall 
have  concealed, 

Whether 4  [my]  father  shall  be  preparing  evil5  things  or  good  ; 

If  it  shall  not  have  sent  [him]  away 6  warned ,7  or  recalled 
[him] 

Immediately ,8  as  the  matter  itself  enjoins ,9  or  seems 10  to  en¬ 
join, 

Mayest  thou  strike  me  with  death  /u  Protect  him ,12  [0] 
Jehovah, 

As  thou  hast  been  a  protection 13  and  support 14  to  my  father.” 

Therefore,  again15  these  most  faithful  hearts 16  adjure 17  them¬ 
selves  with  a  sacred 

Oath,  and  testify  their  full  affection. 

(22.) 

David  Prays  to  God. 

That  grief™  however,  [was]  not  lasting;™  but  before  Je¬ 
hovah’s 

Right  hand  he  hastens 20  to  bend  himself,  and ,  in  the  middle 
darkness  f 

And  nocturnal  horror  of  the  place,  where 22  of  wild  beasts  the 
dire 

Haunts 23  lie  hid,  the  exiled  son  of  Jessef  from  his  pious 
heart,  these  [strains] 

Begins  :25  “  I  cried 26  to  the  Lord  with  [my]  voice ;  [my]  griefs 

I  told 27  unto  the  Lord  ;  with  prayers  and  vows  I  sought 28 

The  wonted  comfort  of  the  wretched;™  and  although  over¬ 
whelmed 30 

With  evils  [was  my]  unhappy 31  mind,  thy  eyes™  even  then 33 
our 

1.  Videas.  9.  Jubeo.  18.  Dolor.  26.  Clamabam. 

2.  Illum.  10.  Visa.  19.  Diuturnus.  27.  Dicebam. 

3.  (Hic  animus :  11.  Funus.  20.  Propero.  28.  Petebam. 

next  verse.)  1$.  Illum  tueare.  21.  Mediisque  tene-  29.  Assuetum  mis- 

4.  Seu.  13.  Tutela.  bris.  eris  solamen. 

5.  Prava.  14.  Columenque.  22.  Q,ua.  30.  Obrutus. 

6.  Dimitto.  15.  Iterum.  23.  Lustra.  *  31.  Infaustus. 

7.  Admonitus.  16.  (Next  verse.)  24.  JessSIus  exui.  32.  Lumen. 

8.  Protenus.  17.  Adjuro.  25.  Integro.  33.  Tum  quoque. 

M  2 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


Feet,  merciful 1  God,  beheld  !  known  to  thee  was 2  [thy] 
servant’s 

Path3 4 5 6 7 8  over  doubtful  hills,  over  dark  ways* 

Beset 5  with  new  snares  ;  when  no  one 6  with  friendly 
Hand  to  support 7  [me],  no  one  to  conceal 8  [me]  wandering 9 
Would  dare :  [my]  mind  is  cast  down,10  and,  with  no  avenger  f 
Devoted  to  destruction ,12  But  thou,  [O]  mercf3  of  heaven ! 
The  only  rest,  and  the  only  defense 14  to  me,  while 15  in  the 
upper 16  air11 

I  am  dwelling ,18  art  present !  Weigh10  [my]  complaints, 
Avenger  yet 20  [weigh  them],  for  /  aw  prostrated 21  on  the 
ground,  and  far23  [do  my]  powerful  * 

Enemies  excel  [me]  in  strength :  therefore,  snatch23  from 
[its]  chains 

My  sad  soul,  that  it  may  be  able  to  praise  the  great  Jehovah 
Freely,2*  and  joyous 25 1  may  be  surrounded 26  by  ingenuous 
friends 

Celebrating  thee  in  social  worship  27  and  with  united 28  prayer 
Standing  before  thine  altars,  who  hast  so  preserved  [us].”29 

(23.) 

David  praises  God  and  exhorts  his  Friends. 

“  Now,  therefore,  with  [my]  whole  heart  will  I  bless  Je¬ 
hovah  /30 

At  all 31  times  with  his32  praise  shall  [my]  mouth33  resound,3* 
And  the  lowliest  mind 35  of  his36  servant  shall  boast  of  God 
as  its  guide 

Forever  /37  Every  good 38  bosom  also  shall  rejoice  on  these 
things  being  heard.30 

3.  Almus.  32.  Exitium.  22.  Longeque.  32.  Illius. 

2.  Tibi  cognita  est.  33.  Clementia.  23.  Eripio.  33.  (Ora:  next 

3.  Semita.  34.  Tutamen.  24.  Libera  (adj.).  verse.) 

4.  Opaca  viarum.  35.  (Next  verse.)  25.  Cretans.  34.  Sonabunt. 

5.  Instructus.  36.  (iEtheriis :  next  26.  Accingar.  v  35.  Mens,  (next  v.) 

6.  Nullus.  verse.)  27.  Socio  cultu.  36.  Sui :  next 

7.  Sustento.  37.  Auris.  28.  Junctus.  verse.) 

8.  Celo.  38.  Versor.  29.  Servaveris.  37.  Sine  fine. 

9.  Vagans.  39,  Perpendo.  30.  Benedicam  Je-  38.  (Omne  bonum: 

30.  Projecta  est.  20.  Ultor  adhuc.  hovse.  next  verse.) 

13.  Vindice  nullo.  21.  Sternor.  31.  Cunctus.  39.  Next  verse. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 


139 


Oh  ye  little  bands*  together2  with  me 

Worship 4  God,  and  extol  [his]  tremendous 5  name ! 

I  sought 6  the  Lord  in  [my]  vows,  and  the  ears  of  the  Most 
'  High  '  • 

Received  my  prayers  :  fears  fled  afar ,7 
And  shame,  and  mournful  clouds 8  from  [my]  darkened 9 
countenance : 

And  the  humble  having  witnessed 11  the  voice  of  the  poor 12 
accepted  by  the  Deity  33 

And  his  life 14  snatched 15  from  the  dread 16  of  death, 

Shall  behold  exultinglyf  shall  exultingly  renew16  their  vows. 
Those  who  have  feared  God,  around  these  the  angel 19  of  Je¬ 
hovah  [his]  awful 20 

Hrms21  places,  and  removes 22  [their]  threatening  enemies. 
Oh  make  the  trial  f  and  yourselves 24  examine 25  how  great 
Jlnd  of  what  character 26  God  is  /27  for  thrice  and  four  times 28 
happy 

[Are  they]  who  trust  in  the  Lord!*2  Ye  holy  breasts,30  fear 
the  Lord  ; 

Neither  is  there  any  other  fear,  nor  mournful  want,31 
He 32  being  [our]  guide.  Thou  mayest  see33  the  young  lions3i 
wander 35  through  the  forests30 

Oppressed  with  hunger31  but  [he]  who  worships 38  Jehovah 
With  constant  love  39  shall  need10  no  support. 41 
Hear,  O  [y o]youth!i2  and^  thoroughly  learn 43  my  words ,44 
That  this  pious  fear  may  seize  upon 15  your 46  whole  mind. 
Who  may  wish 47  to  prolong 48  the  extended 49  course  of  [his] 
life, 


1.  (Parva:  next  v.)  14.  Caput. 

2.  Agmina.  15.  Ereptus. 

3.  Simul.  16.  Formido. 

4.  Colite.  17.  Exultim. 

5.  Metuendus.  18.  Novo. 

6.  Quaerebam.  19.  (Angelus:  next 

7.  Procul  aufugere.  verse.) 

8.  Lugubria  nubila.  20.  Horrendus. 

9.  Obscurus.  21.  Arma. 

10.  Humiles.  22.  Amoveo. 

11.  Testatus.  23.  Examen. 

12.  (Pauperis:  next  24.  Vosque  ipsi. 

verse.)  25.  Expendo. 

13.  Numen.  26.  Qualisque. 


27.  Sit.  38.  (Qui  colit:  next  v.) 

28.  Terque  quater-  39.  (Amore  :  previ- 

que.  ous  line.) 

29.  Fidunt  Domino.  40.  Egeo. 

30.  (Pectora :  next  41.  Victus. 

verse.)  42.  Pueri. 

31.  Egestas.  43.  Edisco. 

32.  Hic.  44.  Nostrasque  vo- 

33.  (Videas  :  next  ces. 

verse.)  45.  Occupo. 

34.  Juvenes  leones.  46.  Vobis. 

35.  Errare.  47.  Velit. 

36.  Salebne.  48.  Produco. 

37.  Esuries.  49.  Extentus. 


140  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  IV. 

And  to  behold1  happy2  days  ?  Let 4  the  holy2  custody  of  the 
tongue 

Be  maintained  by  him,(f)  nor  with  any  sprinkling 5  of  deceit 
Let  him  stain6  [his]  lips.  Follow 7  whatever  good®  thou  shalt  see, 
And  avoid 9  [whatever]  evil.  Seek  peace,  thou  shalt  enjoy 10 
peace. 

The  eyes11  of  the  Lord  are  open 12  for  [his]  saints ;  and  opened 13 
Is  the  Divine  ear  to  their 14  unhappy  lamentations ,15 
God  beholds 16  with  an  angry  countenance 17  those  who  commit 
wickedness ,18 

Nor  shall  the  remembrance  of  these  remain  in  the  earth22 
The  righteous 21  renew22  [their]  piteous 23  vows  ;  and  again24, 
the  Most  High 

Hears  [them]  and  is  ever 25  present 26  with  his  own21  wretched 28 
and  grieving  in  heart. 

Whoever  duly  repent 29  of  their  bad  undertakings ,30 
Whoever  lament 31  thedeeds  they  have  done 32  without  the  Deity. 
The  righteous  suffer  many  sorrows22  but  them24,  from  all 
The  Lord  will  deliver22  and  will  protect  all 36  the  bones  of 
the  just, 

Lest  they  ever21  be  broken.  But  the  divine 38  anger  the  wicked 39 
Shall  crush,42  who  shameful 41  hatred,  who  bitter  death 12 
Direct  against  the  innocent 43  [man]  :  their 44  house  shall  lie 
desolate.42 

Not  thus  [those]  who  trust  in  Heaven  shall  be  compelled  to 
mourn 16 

[Their]  home  void  of  inhabitants,-47  for  God 48  himself  is4S 
the  Redeemer 

Of  the  souls  of  these  f  and  demands22  them 51  from  death. 

1.  Specto.  14.  Illorum.  27.  (Suis:  next  v.)  40.  Premo. 

2.  Faustus.  15.  Querela.  28.  Infaustus.  41.  Turpis. 

3.  (Sancta:  next  16.  Aspicio.  29.  Bene  pcenitet.  42.  Funus  acerbum. 

verse.)  17.  Ore.  30.  AUsum  (sing.).  43.  Insonti  intentant. 

4.  Sit  huic  servata,.  18.  Nefanda  patran- 31.  Piget.  44.  Illis. 

5.  Aspergo.  tes.  32.  Actarum  rerum.  45.  Vastus. 

6.  Noto.  19.  Memor  imago.  33.  Multa  tristia.  46.  (Cogentur  moe- 

7.  Sectare.  20.  (Plural.)  34.  Illos.  rere :  next  v.) 

8.  Boni.  21.  Pius.  35.  Expedio.  47.  Habitantibus  or- 

9.  Devitaque.  22.  Novo.  36.  (Omnia:  next  bam:  next  v.) 

10.  Frueris.  23.-  Queribundus.  verse.)  48.  (Next  verse.) 

11.  Lumen.  24.  Iterumque.  37.  Quando.  49.  Horum  animis. 

12.  Sunt  adaperta.  25.  (Usque :  next v.l  38.  (Dia:  next  v  1  50.  Reposco. 

13.  Patetque.  26.  Adsto.  39.  Profanus.  51.  Hos. 


V 


PART  V. 


ENGLISH  POETRY 

_  f  '  *  i  ,  .  - 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  LATIN  ELEGIACS, 


OR 


ALTERNATE  HEXAMETERS  AND 
PENTAMETERS. 


PART  V. 


I  _  . 

ENGLISH  POETRY 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  ELEGIACS. 

>  *■  .  ' 


(1-) 

B.  JONSON. 

Drink  to  me  only  with  thine  eyes, 

And  I  will  pledge  with  mine  ; 

Or  leave  a  kiss  but  in  the  cup, 

And  I’ll  not  look  for  wine. 

The  thirst,  that  from  the  soul  doth  rise, 
Doth  ask  a  drink  divine  : 

But,  might  I  of  Jove’s  nectar  sup, 

I  would  not  change  for  thine. 

I  sent  thee,  late,  a  rosy  wreath, 

Not  so  much  honoring  thee, 

As  giving  it  a  hope  that  there, 

It  could  not  wither’d  be. 

But  thou  thereon  didst  only  breathe, 

And  sent’st  it  back  to  me  : 

Since  when,  it  grows,  and  smells,  I  swear, 
Not  of  itself,  but  thee. 


Paraphrase. 

Let  but 1  [your]  eyes2  salute  me,  if  you  sip  the  goblet ,3 
And  wy4  eyes  shall  answer  yours  :5 


1.  Tanturn. 

2.  Lumen. 


3.  Libas  si  pocla.  4.  Nosier. 


5.  Tuis. 


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Or,  dear  one,1  leave 2  a  kiss3  even 4  beneath  the  glass's5  edge,6 

Let  a  kiss 7  be  in  the  glass,8  I  will  not  seek9  for  wine.10 
If  the  thirst  [springs]  from 11  the  soul,  if  it  springs 12  from  the 
pure  breast, 

That  [thirst]  seeks  for  its  supply 13  from  ethereal  fountains. 
Let  bowls"  of  ambrosia  be  given  unto  me — worthless  are 
the  gifts 15 

Of  Jove,  purchased  by  the  quintessence 16  of  your  nectar. 
For  lately  I  sent  as  my  gift"  a  chaplet  of  roses,18 

(Not  that19  honor  could  be  added  to  you  by  gifts, 

But  in  the  hope,  not  vain,20  that  on  the  brow  of  [my]  nymph 
a  rosy 21 

Garland 22  would  never23  become 24  withered)  25 
[You]  but 26  breathed  upon 27  the  gift,28  about  to  send  it  back 
again,29 

But  that  breath30  brought 31  a  divine  influence ;32 
For  the  rose  now  thrives,33  it  is  redolent 34  with  wondrous 
sweetness 35 

And  in  the  flower,  an  odor38  not  of  the  flower,  but  thine, 
clings 31 


(2.) 

WALLER. 

That  which  her  slender  waist  confined 
Shall  now  my  joyful  temples  bind  : 

No  monarch  but  would  give  his  crown, 
His  arms  might  do  what  this  has  done. 

It  was  my  Heaven’s  extremest  sphere, 
The  pale  which  held  that  lovely  dear  ; 


1.  Cara. 

2.  (Pres,  subj.) 

3.  (Plural.) 

4.  Vel. 

5.  Cyathus. 

6.  Margo. 

7.  (Plural.) 

8.  (Plural.) 

9.  Peto. 

10.  (Plural.) 


11.  Ex.  20.  Haud  vanus. 

12.  Surgit.  21.  Rosarum. 

13.  Requirit  opem.  22.  Serta  (plur.). 

14.  Calices.  23.  Non  omni  tem- 

15.  Munera  sordent.  pore. 

16.  Quinta  parte.  24.  Forent. 

17.  (Plural.)  25.  Marcidus. 

18.  Roseam  corol-  26.  Tantum. 

lam.  27.  Inspiro. 

19.  Quod.  28.  (Dat.  plur.) 


29.  Retrorsum. 

30.  Spiritus. 

31.  Fero. 

32.  Vis. 

33.  Cresco. 

34.  Redoleo. 

35.  Dulcedo. 

36.  Odor. 

37.  Ilsereo. 


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145 


My  joy,  my  grief,  my  hope,  my  love, 
Did  all  within  this  circle  move  ! 

A  narrow  compass  !  and  yet  there 
Dwelt  all  that’s  good,  and  all  that’s  fair  ; 
Give  me  but  what  this  ribbon  bound, 
Take  all  the  rest  the  Sun  goes  round. 


Paraphrase. 

This  girdle 1  lately 2 3 4  encircled 3  [my]  Nymph’s  slender  waist* 
By  more  than  a  happy  change?  it  binds  my6 7 8  temples. 
What  tyrant  would  not  exchange 7  [his]  throne 8  and  diadem, 
If  [his]  arms 9  might  be10  what  that  zone 11  has  been  ?12 
Here  was  to  me  once 13  the  farthest  orbit1 4  of  Heaven?5 

In  these  bounds15  my11  lamb  was  guarded, 

Within  this  circuit 18  lived 19  [my]  joys,  griefs, 

Too  treacherous 20  hopes,  restless 21  love. 

A  narrow 22  limit !  Yet  in  this  limit  you  may  seek 23 

Whatever  there  is™  of  beautiful  [in  the  world],  whatever 
in  the  world 25  of  good  ; 

If  you  would  give 26  me  only  what  that  riband 27  has  bound,™ 
Take  to  yourself 29  all  that  Phoebus  encircles 30  with  [his] 
light. 


(3.) 

WALLER. 

Go,  lovely  Rose ! 

Tell  her,  that  wastes  her  time  and  me, 
That  now  she  knows, 

When  I  resemble  her  to  thee, 

How  sweet  and  fair  she  seems  to  be. 


Fascia.  9.  Brachium.  17.  Mihi.  24.  Xnest. 

•2.  Modo.  10.  Forent.  18.  Gyrus.  25.  In  orbe. 

3.  Cingo.  11.  Zona.  19.  (Imperfect.)  26.  Si  des. 

4.  Tenuis  sinus.  12.  Fuerit.  20.  Male  fallaces.  27.  Linum. 

5.  Plus  vice  felici.  13.  Quondam.  21.  Irrequietus.  28.  Cinxerit. 

6.  Nostra.  14.  Ultimus  orbis.  22.  Exiguus.  29.  Tibi  habe. 

7.  Muto.  15.  (Plural.)  23.  Quaeras.  30.  Ambio. 

8.  Solium.  10.  Finis. 


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Tell  her  that’s  young, 

And  shuns  to  have  her  graces  spied, 
That,  hadst  thou  sprung 
In  deserts  where  no  men  abide, 

Thou  must  have,  uncommended,  died. 

Small  is  the  worth 
Of  beauty,  from  the  light  retired  : 

Bid  her  come  forth, 

Suffer  herself  to  be  desired, 

And  not  blush  so  to  be  admired. 

Then  die  !  that  she 
The  common  fate  of  all  things  rare 
May  read  in  thee  : 

How  small  a  part  of  time  they  share, 
That  are  so  wondrous  sweet  and  fair. 


Paraphrase. 

f'  „•  ~ 

Go,  Rose,  be 1  to  the  Nymph  who  wastes 2  her  time  and  my- 
self,3 

Go,  Rose,  be  to  my  mistress 4  a  faithful  messenger.3 
Let  her  learn 6  how  sweet,1  let  her  learn  how  beautiful 8  she 
appears ,9 

If,  [O]  flower  of  flowers,  I  think 10  you  like  herself.11 
In  the  bloom 12  of  youth 13  to  conceal  her  own  beauty ,14 
Herself  to  disguise 15  her  own  charms 16  may  wish  ; 

Say  if  you  had  been  born 17  within  the  coverts 18  of  a  wood, 
And  wildernesses 19  not  approachable 20  by  mortal  foot, 21 
You  too22  would  then  lie  hid,  robbed 23  of  merited  fame  ; 
[Your]  lot  would  be3i  to  die  without  [your]  deserved 


praise. 


1.  Sis. 

2.  Perdo. 

3.  Ipsum. 

4.  Domina. 

5.  Nuntia.  b 
6  Disco. 


7.  Dulcis. 

8.  Pulcher. 

9.  Videor. 

10.  Reor. 

11. '  Sibi  similem. 

12.  Flos. 


13.  Juventus. 

14.  Proprius  decor. 

15.  Dissimulo. 

16.  Suas  veneres. 

17.  Si  nata  fuisses. 

18.  Latebra. 


19.  Tesqua. 

20.  Adeundus. 

21.  (Dative.) 

22.  Quoque. 

23.  Fraudatus. 

24.  Restaret  sors. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - FART  V. 


147 


If  beauty 1  be  not  shown  forth  3  it  will  have  no  value* 

And  comeliness 4  which  shuns 5  [all]  eyes  lies  buried  * 

Let  her  come  forth1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  into  the  light,  nor  disdain 8  to  be  loved, 
And9  let  not{ 9)  the  ingenuous  blush10  rise  in  her  pure 
countenance}1 

Then  die  :12  under  the  figure13  of  your  death  let  her  perceive,1* 
As15  to  all  things  beautiful 16  so  fate11  is  assigned  to  you.10 
What  is  more  dear 10  let  her  know  that  this  is  more  frail30 
And  that  whatever  shines  forth31  mor  e  pleasing33  is  not  for 
a  long33  [time]. 


(40 

HABINGTON.— (In  Part.) 

Fix  me  on  some  bleake  precipice, 

Where  I  ten  thousand  years  may  stand : 

Made  now  a  statue  of  ice, 

Then  by  the  sommer  scorcht  and  tan’d ! 

Place  me  alone  in  some  fraile  boate, 

’Mid  th’  horrors  of  an  angry  sea  : 

Where  I,  while  time  shall  move,  may  floate, 
Despairing  either  land  or  day: 

Or  under  earth  my  youth  confine 
To  th’  night  and  silence  of  a  cell : 

Where  scorpions  may  my  limbs  entwine, 

O  God !  so  thou  forgive  me  Hell. 

Paraphrase. 

O  fix3i  me  either35  on  the  summit 26  of  a  lofty  crag  31 

And  let  me  be  bound30  for  a  thousand  ages  in  a  solitary 29 

prison ; 

1.  Decor.  9.  Nec.  16.  (Pulchris:  pre-  22.  Gratus. 

2.  Ostendo.  10.  Rubor.  vious  verse.)  23.  Diu. 

3.  Nil  pretii.  11.  Pura  in  ora.  17.  (Plura-l.)  24.  Figo. 

4.  Forma.  12.  Moriare:  18.  Tibi  dan.  25.  Vel. 

5.  Vito.  13.  Imago.  19.  Carus.  26.  Cacumen 

6.  Sepultus.  14.  (Sentio:  next  20.  Caducus.  27.  Aeria;  rupis. 

7.  Prodeo.  verse.)  21.  Neve,  quod  eni-  28.  Ljgar. 

8.  Neque  dedignor.  15.  Ut.  ,  teat.  29.  Solus 


148  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  V. 

Where 1 2  at  one  time 2  I  shall  shudder ,3 4 5 6 7  frozen 4  by  the  winter’s 
cold, 

And  at  another  shall  be  scorched 5  by  the  summer  s  sun. 
Or  cast 7  me  to  the  wanton  winds  in  a  frail  boat,8 
And  let  me  be  wafted 9  among  stormy 10  waters. 

In  the  midst  of  the  waves,11  while  the  course  of  time  shall  go 
1 2 

on, 

Without  a  hope  of  land ,13  without  a  hope  of  light  let  me 
be  driven.1* 

Or15  hide 16  me  under  the  earth  in  a  gloomy  cave , 

Where  horrible  night18  reigns,  and  murky 19  quiet ; 

May  snakes  wander  entangled 20  in  my  limbs  and  locks, 

Let  me 21  not(™)  be  gnawn{- »)  by  the  everlasting  worm 
fire  of  God. 


(5.) 

HABINGTON.— (First  Portion.) 

When  I  survey  the  bright 
Coelestiall  sphere : 

So  rich  with  jewels  hung,  that  night 
Doth  like  an  Ethiop  bride  appeare  ; 


My  soule  her  wings  doth  spread, 
And  heavenward  fiies, 

Th’  Almighty’s  mysteries  to  read 
In  the  large  volume  of  the  skies. 

For  the  bright  firmament 
Shootes  forth  no  flame 
So  silent,  but  is  eloquent 

In  speaking  the  Creator’s  name. 


1.  ana.  8.  Cymba. 

2.  Nunc.  9.  Defero. 

3.  Horresco.  10.  Procellosus. 

4.  Glaciatus.  11.  Fluctibus  in 

5.  Perustus  ero.  .  mediis. 

6.  Aestivus.  12.  Ibit. 

7.  Trado. 


13.  (Plural.)  18.  Nox  ubi  terribi- 

14.  Ago.  lis. 

15.  Seu.  19.  Ater. 

10.  Abdo.  20.  Implicitus. 

17.  Spelunca  Ia-  21.  Mordear, 

tente.  22.  Nec. 


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149 


No  unregarded  star 
Contracts  its  light 
Into  so  small  a  character, 

Removed  far  from  our  humane  sight : 


But  if  we  stedfast  looke, 

We  shall  discerne 
In  it,  as  in  some  holy  booke, 

How  man  may  heavenly  knowledge  learne. 


Paraphrase. 


If  I  look  up  to 1  Heaven,  how1  2  orbits 3 4  are  entwined  in * 
orbits, 

How  roving 5  stars*  mingled  with1 7  stars,  shine ! 8 
If  I  behold 9 10  the  jeweled  arch  of  the  sky  10  amid  the  fires 
Night  shines 11  as 12  a  lovely 13  Ethiopian  bride.1* 

My  soul  then  expands 15  its  daring 16  wings  to  the  clouds,11 
And  my  mind  seeks  the  stars,13  wafted 19  in  sublime  flight. 
Forsooth 20  that  it  may  penetrate 21  in  the  outspread 22  volume: 23 
of  heaven 

The  secret2*  mysteries 25  and  thousand  wonders 26  of  God. 

- 

The  radiant  atmosphere21  glitters23  no  where  with  such  mute 29 
fires, 

No  flame  is  silent  with  such  a  blinded 30  light, 

But  that 31  each  region 32  of  the  open  heaven  foars  witness 
to 33  its  God, 

[And]  each  coaszt34  chants  in  harmony  to35  its  Creator. 

If  a  hidden 36  star37  contracts  its  scanty33  fires, 

/f  any  32  retiring,*3  shuns 41  [our]  mortal  sight,*2 


1.  Aspicio. 

2.  Ut. 

3.  Orbis. 

4.  Nectantur. 

5.  Vagus. 

6.  Sidus. 

7.  Mistus. 

8.  Mico. 

9.  Tueor. 

10.  Geminata  poli 

convexa. 

11.  Niteo. 


12..  Velut. 

13.  Decorus. 

14.  ASthiopum 

sponsa. 

15.  Explico. 

16.  Audens. 

17.  Nubibus. 

18.  Astrum. 

19.  Vectus. 

20.  Scilicet. 

21.  (Ut  penetret: 

next  verse.) 


22.  Extentus. 

23.  Volumen. 

24.  (Secreta:  previ¬ 

ous  verse.) 

25.  Arcana. 

26.  Mira. 

27.  Radians  sether. 

28.  Mico. 

29.  Adeo  mutus. 

30.  Ita  caecatus. 

31.  Ouin. 

2 


32.  Plaga. 

33.  Testor. 

34.  Ora. 

35.  Concino. 

36.  Absconditus. 

37.  Stella. 

38.  Exiguus. 

39.  Siqua. 

40.  Modestus. 

41.  Fugio. 

42.  (Plural.) 


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Yet 1  let  us  search  into  if  with  steadfast  gaze;3  laid  open,  it 
will  teach  [us], 

And  will  be  a  book  from  which t  [we]  men  may  be  in¬ 
structed.* 5 


(6.) 

HABINGTON. — (Second  Portion.) 

It  tells  the  Conqueror, 

That  farre  strecht  powre, 

Which  his  proud  dangers  traffique  for, 

Is  but  the  triumph  of  an  houre. 

That,  from  the  farthest  North, 

Some  nation  may 

Yet  undiscovered  issue  forth, 

And  ore  his  new- got  conquest  sway. 

c 

Some  nation  yet  shut  in 
With  hills  of  ice, 

May  be  let  out  to  scourge  his  sinne, 

Till  they  shall  equall  him  in  vice. 

And  then  they  likewise  shall 
Their  ruine  have  ; 

For  as  yourselves  your  empires  fall, 

And  every  kingdom  has  a  grave. 

Thus  those  coelestiall  fires, 

Though  seeming  mute, 

The  fallacie  of  our  desires 

And  all  the  pride  of  life  confute. 

For  they  have  watcht  since  first 
The  world  had  birth  : 

And  found  sinne  itself  accurst, 

And  nothing  permanent  on  earth. 

1.  Tamen.  2.  Scrutor.  3.  Obtutu.  4.  Unde. 

5.  Erudio. 


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Paraphrase. 

It  will  tell  the  conqueror  what  far-stretched1  power  is;2 

It  is  bought  at  the  price  of  his  own  blood  :  an  hour 
snatches  it  away.3 

Hereafter 4  a  far-distant3  nation 6  may  come  from  Northern7 
coasts, 

And  another 8  may  hold  sway  over 9  the  new  fields  of  his 
empire. 

A  nation  may  break  forth™  as  yet  blocked  up 11  in  torpid 12 
lands, 

Which  winter  has  shut  in 13  with  snow  and  eternal  cold. 

Avenging1*  it  may  break  forth,  may  inflict 15  punishment  on 
the  offenders ,16 

Until  they  themselves  be 17  equal 18  in  violence  and  vice. 

But  in  turn 19  destruction  shall  overwhelm 20  those  conquerors, 

And  ruin  shall  press  upon  them,  assigned 21  by  a  common 
destiny. 

The  sure  oblivion 22  of  the  tomb  awaits 23  you  and  yours ■ 

And  by  the  law  by  which 25  you  fall,  [O]  king,  your  king¬ 
doms  shall  fall. 

Therefore,  the  fires  gliding  through  the  tracts  of  ether™ 

Which  you  imagine 27  send  forth™  [their]  light  but  with¬ 
out  a  voice  ; 

These  persuade  you 30  that  you  should  not  aim 31  at  pride32  and 
vanity;33 

They  warn  [you]  that  you  are  cherishing 34  idle  hopes, 

•» 

[idle]  wishes,  in  vain. 

For  these  33  from  the  first  rising  of  the  new-born 36  earth, 

\ 

their  allotted  portion37  have  shone 
the  heaven  .*39 


1.  Porrectus. 

11.  Obsitus. 

21.  Datus. 

31. 

Ne  captes. 

2.  Sit.  ' 

12.  Torpens. 

22.  Oblivia  (plur.). 

32. 

Fastus. 

3.  Rapio. 

13.  Claudo. 

23.  Manent. 

33. 

Inania. 

4.  Olim. 

14.  Ultrix. 

24.  Vestra. 

34. 

Fovere. 

5.  Ultimus.  . 

15.  Addo. 

25.  Q,ua  leae. 

35. 

Quippe  hi. 

6.  Gens. 

1G.  Peccans. 

2G.  Tractus  aetheris.  36. 

Nascens. 

7.  Borealis. 

17.  Erunt  ipsi. 

27.  Putes. 

37. 

Sorte  data. 

8.  Alter. 

18.  Par. 

28.  Fundere. 

38. 

Emico. 

9.  Impero. 

19.  Rursus  nt. 

29.  Lumen. 

39. 

Polus. 

10.  Erumpo. 

20.  Obruo. 

30.  Tibi  suadent. 

forth 38  wakeful  in 

rx 


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They  see 1  that  all  offenses  in  themselves1  2  earn  punish¬ 
ment 3 * 

That  all  things  upon  the  earth 1  are  doomed  to  die.5 


(7.) 

CAREW. 

He  that  loves  a  rosy  cheek, 

Or  a  coral  lip  admires, 

Or  from  star-like  eyes  doth  seek 
Fuel  to  maintain  his  fires, 

As  Old  Time  makes  these  decay, 

—  < 

So  his  flames  must  waste  away. 

But  a  smooth  and  steadfast  mind, 

Gentle  thoughts  and  calm  desires, 

Hearts  with  equal  love  combined, 
Kindle  never-dying  fires. 

Where  these  are  not,  I  despise 

Lovely  cheeks,  or  lips,  or  eyes. 

No  tears,  Celia,  now  shall  win 
My  resolved  heart  to  return  ; 

I  have  search’d  thy  soul  within, 

And  find  naught  but  pride  and  scorn  : 

I  have  learn’d  thy  arts,  and  now 

Can  disdain  as  much  as  thou. 


Paraphrase. 

Whoever 6  loves  a  Nymph,  comely 7  with  specious 8  brow, 
And 9  admires  her  lips( 9)  and  rosy10  cheeks  ; 

If  eager 11  he  courts 12  eyes  rivaling  the  stars,13 

Which  may  add  strength 14  to  [his]  fires  by  their  own  fire  , 


1.  (Vident :  next  4.  Per  terras.  8.  Speciosus.  12.  Captet. 

verse.)  5.  Interitura.  9.  Labraque.  13.  AErnula  stella- 

2.  Per  se.  6.  Si  quis.  10.  Purpureusque.  rum. 

3.  Supplicium  me-  7.  Decorus  11.  Cupidus.  14.  Vires. 

reri. 


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153 


When  these  perish  away 1  by  years  and  the  decay  of  time,1 2 3 
Then  his  flame  perishes 3  at  the  same  time,  its  vigor  being 
worn  out .4 5 

But  if  the  mind  is  unruffled 5  and  purely  tranquil 6  in  affection, 
If  heat1  [be  absent]  from  the  head,6 7 8 9  tumult 9  from  the  senses 
be  absent ; 

If  a  union10  firmly1'  mutual  has  joined  bosoms  in  its  knot 12 
These  too  Hymen  burns 13  with  unextinguished 14  fires  ; 

Which,  if  they  shall  fail ,15  a  wise  man,16  in  my  judgment,11 
will  despise18 

A  maiden’s  wiles,10  eyes,™  lips,  cheeks. 

Celia,  your  tears  can  avail  nothing  21  your  vows  and  prayers 
nothing, 

That  I  should  bear 22  again  the  bonds 23  taken211  from™  my 
neck. 

Swelling  pride™  and  vain  haughtiness21  sway 28  you  ; 

Now, fickle  one,™  I  know  your  inmost  heart™ 

I  was  disdained ,21  I  will  now  cast  back 32  disdain 33  to  you, 

And  from  your  art  I  will  be  accounted 34  skilled  in  art.™ 


(8.) 

SHENSTONE. 

Yes  ;  Fulvia  is  like  Venus  fair  ; 

Has  all  her  bloom,  and  shape,  and  air, 

But  still,  to  perfect  every  grace, 

She  wants  the  smile  upon  her  face. 

The  crown  majestic  Juno  wore, 

And  Cynthia’s  brow  the  crescent  bore, 

A  helmet  marked  Minerva’s  mien, 

But  smiles  distinguish’d  Beauty’s  Queen. 

1.  Depereo.  10.  Copula.  19.  Illecebras.  28.  Flecto. 

2.  Alvique  ruina.  11.  Rene.  20.  Lumen.  29.  Inconstans. 

3.  Pereo.  12.  Nodo.  21.  Nil  moveant.  30.  Intima  corda  tui 

4.  Effoeto  vigore.  13.  Uro.  22.  Feram.  31.  Fastiditus  eram 

5.  Aquus.  14.  Inextinctus.  23.  Vinculum.  32.  Reddo. 

6.  Pure  tranquillat.  15.  Deficio.  24.  Demptus.  33.  Fastidia. 

7.  Fervor.  16.  Sanus.  .  25.  E.  34.  Ferar. 

8.  Capiti.  17.  Me  judice.  26.  Tumidi  fastus.  35.  Experiens  artis 

9.  Astus.  18.  Temno.  27.  Superbia. 


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i 


Her  train  was  form’d  of  smiles  and  loves, 
Her  chariot  drawn  by  gentlest  doves  ; 
And,  from  her  zone,  the  nymph  may  find 
’Tis  Beauty’s  province  to  be  kind. 

Then  smile,  my  fair,  and  all  whose  aim 
Aspires  to  paint  the  Cyprian  dame, 

Or  bid  her  breathe  in  living  stone, 

Shall  take  their  forms  from  you  alone. 

_  } 


Paraphrase. 

As  Venus,  my  Fulvia  boasts 1  [her]  surpassing 2  shape* 
Equal  grace*  is  revealed1 2 3 4 5  in[h.er~\  gait, 6  beauty7  in  [her]  brow. 
But  lest  there  should  be 8 9  divine  charm 9  to  mortal  nymph, 
Lest  Fulvia  be  Venus  herself — the  smile  is  wanting.10 11 
Juno  bound 11  [her]  locks  with  a  royal  diadem, 

Cynthia  was  lovely 12  with  crescent 13  brow  ; 

Stern1*  Pallas  pressed  [her]  hair 15  with  brazen 16  helmet ,17 
Venus  ever  was  conspicuous 18  for  a  smile. 

Her  Love,  her  the  enticing  Graces 20  ever  attend  ;21 

Borne  on  her  dove-yoked  car  22  she  rises  to 23  the  stars. 
Whoever2*  insufficiently 25  lends 26  a  deaf  ear 27  to  [her] 
suitor's28  vows, 

The  mystic  zone  teaches  [that]  nymph  what  is 29  love. 
Smile,  my 30  Venus  !  Then 31  [who  carves]  the  Cyprian  god¬ 
dess32  in  living  marble,33 
Or  who3*  carves 35  [her]  in  wrought 36  brass, 

He37  will  express  the  painted  countenance 38  under  your  like¬ 
ness ,39 

And  will  take 40  you,  my  nymph,  as  his  model.*1 


1.  Jacto. 

2.  Eximius. 

3.  Forma. 

4.  Par  gratia. 

5.  Pateo. 

6.  Incessus. 

7.  Decor. 

8.  Sit. 

9.  Dia  venustas. 

70.  Risus  abest. 

11.  Cingo. 


12.  Decorus. 

13.  Lunatus. 

14.  Torvus. 

15.  Comas. 

16.  Atratus. 

17.  Cassis. 

18.  Conspiciendus. 

19.  Amoenus. 

20.  Charites. 

21.  Comitor, 


22.  Columbinus  j 

gum. 

23.  Ad. 

24.  Si  qua. 

25.  Minus. 

26.  Applico. 

27.  (Plural.) 

28.  Procus. 

29.  Quid  sit. 

30.  Noster. 


-  31.  Tunc. 

32.  (Deam:  next v.) 

33.  Marmore  vivo. 

34.  Quive. 

35.  Caelet. 

36.  Laborats. 

37.  Ille. 

38.  Pictos  vultus. 

39.  Imago. 

40.  Sumo. 

41.  Exemplar  suum. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  V. 


]  55 


(9-) 

GRAY. — (First  Portion.) 

Lo !  where  the  rosy-bosom’d  Hours, 

Fair  Venus’ train,  appear, 

Disclose  the  long-expecting  flowers, 

And  wake  the  purple  year! 

The  Attic  warbler  pours  her  throat, 

Responsive  to  the  cuckoo’s  note, 

The  untaught  harmony  of  Spring ; 

While,  whispering  pleasure  as  they  fly, 

Cool  zephyrs  through  the  clear  blue  sky 
Their  gather’d  fragrance  fling. 

Where’er  the  oak’s  thick  branches  stretch 
A  broader,  browner  shade  ; 

Where’er  the  rude  and  moss-grown  beech 
O’ercanopies  the  glade  ; 

Beside  some  water’s  rushy  brink 
With  me  the  Muse  shall  sit,  and  think 
(At  ease  reclined  in  rustic  state) 

How  vain  the  ardor  of  the  crowd, 

How  low,  how  little  are  the  proud, 

How  indigent  the  great ! 

Paraphrase. 

See  where 1  the  Hours  come  forth*  with  rosy  brow* 

Whom  Cytherea  chooses  for  her  own1 2 3  4  loved 5  choir, 

Fresh  germs 6  of  flowers  start  from 7  the  bosom 8  of  the 
earth, 

The  year  more  pure  renews 9  [its]  longed-for 10  course .u 

Where  the  unvaried  note 12  of  the  cuckoo 13  is  heard  in  the 
woods, 

And  the  Attic  bird 14  murmurs  with  alternate  song, 

1.  Aspice  ubi.  5.  Dilectus.  9.  Renovo.  12.  Vox  iterata. 

2.  Provenio.  6.  Nova  germina.  10.  Speratus.  13.  CucOlus. 

3.  (Plural.)  7.  Exsilio.  11.  Iter.  14.  Atthis  avis. 

4.  Vult  sibi.  8.  Gremium. 


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Through  ,the  pure  aether  the  zephyrs  are  loaded 1  with 
fragrance  f 

Gently  whispering ,1 2 3  they  bring  a  thousand  joys. 

Where  the  beech 4  stands 5  larger  and  more  leafy, 0 

And1  a  broader  shade  of  the  dark  oak (7)  stretches  forth, s 

With  me,  if  she  disdains  not,6  on  the  edge 10  of  a  rippling 
stream 11 

The  Muse  shall  sit  by 12  the  sedgy 13  waters. 

With  me,  at  her  ease,  on  rustic  throne1*  she  shall  reflect,15 
With  what  perverse  ardor 16  the  crowd 17  seeks  false  Wess- 
ingsfl6 

How  little 19  is  the  Proud  [man],  and  wi  Aow  despicable  a  lot,20 
How  much 21  the  Rich  [man]  wants 22  in  the  midst  of 
riches  !23 


(10.) 

GRAY. — (Second  Portion.) 

Still  is  the  toiling  hand  of  Care, 

The  panting  herds  repose  ; 

Yet,  hark!  how  through  the  peopled  air 
The  busy  murmur  glows  ! 

The  insect  youth  are  on  the  wing, 

Eager  to  taste  the  honey’d  Spring, 

And  float,  amid  the  liquid  noon  ; 

Some  lightly  o’er  the  current  skim, 

Some  show  their  gayly-gilded  trim, 

Quick-glancing  to  the  sun. 

To  Contemplation’s  sober  eye 
Such  is  the  race  of  man  : 

And  they  that  creep,  and  they  that  fly, 

Shall  end  where  they  began. 

1.  Cumulo.  7.  Ilicis  et  nigra.  14.  Sic  temere  in  so- 19.  Quantulus. 

2.  Odor.  8.  Pateo.  lio  agresti.  20.  Quam  temnenda 

3.  Lene  susurrans.  9.  Ni  refugit.  15.  Reputo.  sorte. 

4.  Fagus.  10.  Margine.  16.  Ardore  ut  pravo.  21.  Quot. 

5.  Adsto.  11.  Trepidantis  rivi.  17.  Plebs.  22.  Indigeo. 

6.  Frondisque  fera- 12.  Propter.  18.  Bona,  23.  Medias  inter  opes, 

cior.  13.  Arundineus. 


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157 


Alike  the  busy  and  the  gay 
But  flutter  through  life’s  little  day, 

In  Fortune’s  varying  colors  dress’d  r 
Brush’d  by  the  hand  of  rough  mischance, 
Or  chill’d  by  age,  their  airy  dance 
They  leave  in  dust  to  rest. 


t  \ 

Methinks  I  hear  in  accents  low 
The  sportive,  kind  reply,  » 

“  Poor  moralist !  and  what  art  thou  ? 

A  solitary  fly ! 

Thy  joys  no  glittering  female  meets, 

No  hives  hast  thou  of  hoarded  sweets, 
No  painted  plumage  to  display ; 

On  hasty  wings  thy  youth  is  flown  ; 

Thy  sun  is  set,  thy  spring  is  gone — 

We  frolic  while  ’tis  May.” 

Paraphrase. 

Li*»]  schemes 1  at  last  ended,  Care  is  at  rest ,2 
Grateful  slumbers 3  refresh  the  wearied i  oxen. 


But  hark  !5  the  sky  is  rife ,6  alive 7  with  airy  swarm* 

The  work  glows 9  with  ceaseless 10  murmur. 

The  insects 11  now  try™  their  wings,  floating 13  on  the  liquid 

*  14 

air , 

That  they  may  prove 13  the  wished- for1 6  wealth 17  of  Spring. 
Some 18  lightly  flit™  on  the  top  of  the  streamlet's  edge™ 


While 21  the  noonday 22  glows  with  [its]  fires. 


Others 23  vaunt 24  their  array 25  and  thousand  hues, 

As  the  sunbeam 26  reflects  them 27  hither  and  thither. 

But  sober 28  reason  regards 29  these  things  with  tranquil  eye™ 
She  reads  that  a  likeness 31  of  mankind™  is  in  them.™ 


/ - 

1.  Consilium.  10.  Non  cessaturus.  19.  Volito.  26.  Solis  jubar. 


2.  Quiesco.  11.  Larva. 

3.  Somnium.  12.  Tento. 

4.  Defessus.  13.  Nantes. 

5.  Audin’ !  at.  14.  AUthere. 

6.  Vigeo.  15.  Experior. 

7.  Vivus.  16.  Optatus. 

8.  Aerius  agmen.  17.  Opes. 

9.  Ferveo.  18.  Hte. 


20.  Summa  in  flumi-  27.  Dat  radiare. 

nis  ora.  28.  Sanus. 

21.  Ut.  29.  Cerno. 

22.  Dimidiata  dies.  30.  Lumen. 

23.  Alite.  31.  Exemplar. 

24.  Jacto.  32.  Humanus  gens. 

25.  Ornatus.  33.  Inesse. 


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158  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  V. 


Such  as  they  have  been 1  in  the  beginning 3  the  same  will  be 
their  end,3 

If  any  one 4  crawls  upon  the  earth3  if  he  flies  through  the 
expanse .6 

They  who  court 7  joys,  they  who  care  about 8  a  thousand  oc¬ 
cupations, 9 

To  both  a  day  is  the  scanty 10  limit 11  of  life. 

Whether 12  the  heavy  torpor  of  age  enchains 13  their  limbs ,14 

Or,15  their  /oZ16  being  changed,  hostile  fortune  wears  them 
out,17 

They  are  compelled  alike 18  to  close 19  their  joyous  dances 30 

And  rest  is  obtained 21  to  them  in  the  dry 33  dust  of  death. 

Am  I  deceived,33  or  do  I  here  seem  to  hear  sportive  warn¬ 
ings  ?24 

Whether 25  does  a  gentle33  murmur  sound  in  [my]  cleansed 31 
ear  ? 

You  vaunt 28  that  you  discharge 29  the  duty 30  of  an  honest 


censor, 

What  judge 31  you  of  yourself?  you  flit33  a  solitary  fly  33 
No  spouseon wings  resp/eftc?e?2£34salutes  youon  your  return  35 
That  she  may  flu  t  forth33  smiles,  and  receive  yours  ; 

You  have  no 37  cell  in  which 38  you  may  keep 39  [your]  stored- 
up  sweets f° 

You  shine 11  not  wafted  on  many-colored  wing.i3 
Your  spring  is  gonej3  [your]  sun  has  set^  in  gloomy  shade, 
Your  joyous  youth  has  passed 45  on  winged 46  foot. 

Let  us  have  sports  f  while  our  age48  is  fitted*3  for  sports  ; 
Let  us  have  joys f  while  the  hour  of  May 51  allows 52  [us] 
to  enjoy  [them]. 


1.  Fuerint. 

2.  Principium. 

3.  Exitus. 

4.  Si  quis. 

5.  Humi. 

6.  Inane. 

7.  Capto. 

8.  Curo. 

9.  Negotium. 

10.  Perbrevis. 

11.  Limes. 

12.  Sive. 

13.  Alligo. 


14.  Artus. 

15.  Seu. 

16.  Vice. 

17.  Tero. 

-18.  Pariter. 

19.  Finio. 

29.  ChorSa. 

21.  Est  parta. 

22.  Aridus. 

23.  Fallor. 

24.  Monitus  jocosos, 

25.  An. , 

26.  Levis. 


27.  Purgatus. 

28.  Gestio. 

29.  Fungor. 

30.  Officium. 

31.  Censeo. 

32.  Volo. 

33.  Unica  musca. 

34.  Splendidus. 

35.  Redeuntem. 

36.  Profero. 

.  37.  Non  est  tibi. 

38.  Cluo. 

39.  Servo. 


40.  Condita  dulcia. 

41.  Nitep. 

42.  Pluma  versicolor 

43.  Ver  tibi  prreteriit. 

44.  Occido. 

45.  Transeo. 

46.  Alatus. 

47.  Nobis  sint  lusus. 

48.  iEtas. 

49.  Aptus. 

50.  Gaudia  sint. 

51.  Maia. 

52.  Sino. 


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-  (11.) 

HOKE  BY. — Scott. 

Hail  to  thy  cold  and  clouded  beam, 

Pale  pilgrim  of  the  troubled  sky  ! 

Hail,  though  the  mists  that  o’er  thee  stream 
Lend  to  thy  brow  their  sullen  dye  ! 

How  should  thy  pure  and  peaceful  eye 
Untroubled  view  our  scenes  below, 

Or  how  a  tearless  beam  supply 
To  light  a  world  of  war  and  wo ! 

Fair  Queen !  I  will  not  blame  thee  now, 

As  once  by  Greta’s  fairy  side  ; 

Each  little  cloud  that  climm’d  thy  brow 
Did  then  an  angel’s  beauty  hide. 

And  of  the  shades  I  then  could  chide, 

4 

Still  are  the  thoughts  to  memory  dear  ; 

For  while  a  softer  strain  I  tried, 

They  hid  my  blush  and  calm’d  my  fear. 

Then  did  I  swear  thy  ray  serene 

Was  form’d  to  light  some  lonely  dell, 

By  two  fond  lovers  only  seen, 

Reflected  from  the  crystal  well ; 

Or  sleeping  on  their  mossy  cell, 

Or  quivering  on  the  lattice  bright, 

Or  glancing  on  their  couch,  to  tell 

How  swiftly  wanes  the  summer  night. 

Paraphrase. 

Hail /  thou 'pale1 2  stranger ,3 *  who  speedesf  through  the  expanse ,5 
And  sheddest  a  doubtful 7  and  chilly 8  beam  ! 

Hail!  though  the  dripping 9  moisture 10  which  is  shed  around 11 
Diffuses 12  a  murky  light 13  upon  your  broVw 

1.  Salve.  5.  Inania.  8.  Frigidiusque.  11.  Circumspargo. 

2.  Pallens.  ■  6.  Reddis  et.  9.  Madidus.  12.  Diffundo. 

3.  Hospes.  7.  Incertus.  10.  Humor.  13.  Lurida  lumina. 

4  Curro. 


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Your  light,1  peace-loving 2  shines 3  purest  in  the  heavens, 
And*  beholds  not( 4)  without  sorrow  [these]  lower 5  realms. 
And  it  looks  not  down 6  without  a  tear7  upon  a  wretched 
world, 

Where  wo 8  reigns,  and  savage 9  wars  are  rife. 

FW10  Queen  of  the  5%, 11  /  no  longer 12  complain, 

As  once13  I  did  complain 14  on  the  sacred  e%e15  of 
Greta13  -  -  . 

jfo  truth11  light  clouds  were  floating16  round  [your]  brow 13 
Which  stole30  from  me 21  a  beauty 22  divine. 

And2i  the  shade  of  doubtful  darkness 23  which  I  blamed ,(24) 
This  shade  occurs 25  more  grateful  to  my  mind. 

For  when  I  was  attempting 23  softer 27  words, 

It  teo/c  away33  [my]  fear,20  and  the  conscious  blush30  upon 
my  cheek 31  was  revealed 32 

I  used  to  swear33  I  remember,  Maz!34  your  beam35  was  bom 
for  lovers  33 

*  y  —  > 

And  ought31  to  shine 38  in  a  valley. 

Which  [beam]  they  alone  might  gaze  upon 39  whom  mutual 
love: 10  feeds, 

which 41  the  glassy 42  water  of  the  fountain  might  re- 
flect ,43 

Whether 44  your  genial 45  light  reste46  on  the  mossy  lairf 
Or48  restless 49  quivers 50  through  the  narrow  windows;31 
Or32  whether  it  twinkles 53  orer  [their]  couch ,54  and  waning 55 
warns  [them] 

How  very  swift 56  the  hour  of  a  summer’s  night  flies. 


1.  Lux.  15. 

2.  Pacis  amans.  18. 

3.  Fulgeo.  17. 

4.  Nec.  18. 

5.  Subditus.  19. 

6.  Nec  despectat.  20. 

7.  Lacrymula.  21. 

8.  Luctus.  22. 

9.  Saevus.  23. 

10.  PulcKer.  24. 

11.  Polus. 

12.  Non  amplius.  25. 

13.  (Olim:  previous  26.' 

verse.)  27. 

14.  Questus  eram.  28. 


Margo.  29. 

Greta. 

Quippe.  30. 

Fluito.  31. 

Tempora.  32. 

Surripio.  33. 

(Dative.)  34. 

Decus.  35. 

Caligo.  36. 

Quamque  incu-  37. 

sabam.  38. 

Subvenio.  39. 

Ut  tent  arem.  40. 

Mollia  magis.  41. 

Demo.  42. 


(Timorem :  pre-  43. 

vious  verse.)  44. 

Rubor.  45. 

Ore.  46. 

Haud  patuit.  47. 

Jurabam.  48. 

Quod.  49. 

(Next  verse.)  50. 

Amans.  51. 

Deberetque.  52. 

Niteo.  53. 

Aspicio.  54. 

Ardor.  55. 

Quodque  56. 

Vitreus. 


Repercutio 

Seu. 

Almus. 

Cubo. 

Latebrae. 

Sive. 

Irrequietus. 

Mico. 

(Previous  verse.) 
Sive. 

Irradio. 

Toro  super. 
Caducus. 

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(12.) 

THE  MAID  OF  TORO.— Scott. 

0,  low  shone  the  sun  on  the  fair  Lake  of  Toro, 

And  weak  were  the  whispers  that  waved  the  dark  wood, 
All  as  a  fair  maiden  bewilder’d  in  sorrow, 

Sorely  sigh’d  to  the  breezes,  and  wept  to  the  flood  ! 

“  O  Saints  !  from  the  mansions  of  bliss  lowly  bending  ; 

Sweet  Virgin !  who  hearest  the  suppliant’s  cry, 

Now  grant  my  petition,  in  anguish  ascending, 

My  Henry  restore,  or  let  Eleanor  die  !” 

All  distant  and  faint  were  the  sounds  of  the  battle, 

With  the  breezes  they  rise,  with  the  breezes  they  fail, 
Till  the  shout,  and  the  groan,  and  the  conflict’s  dread 
rattle, 

And  the  chase’s  wild  clamor,  came  loading  the  gale. 
Breathless  she  gazed  on  the  woodlands  so  dreary ; 

Slowly  approaching  a  warrior  was  seen ; 

Life’s  ebbing  tide  mark’d  his  footsteps  so  weary, 

Cleft  was  his  helmet,  and  sad  was  his  mien. 

“  0  save  thee,  fair  maid,  for  our  armies  are  flying ! 

O  save  thee,  fair  maid,  for  thy  guardian  is  low ! 

Deadly  cold  on  yon  heath  thy  brave  Henry  is  lying, 

And  fast  through  the  woodland  approaches  the  foe.” 
Scarce  could  he  falter  the  tidings  of  sorrow, 

And  scarce  could  she  hear  them,  benumb’d  with  despair ; 
And  when  the  Sun  sank  on  the  sweet  Lake  of  Toro, 
Forever  he  set  to  the  Brave  and  the  Fair. 

Paraphrase. 

The  Sun  hides1  its  late  light1  in  the  wave  of  Toro ,3 

And  the  wood  trembles  with  a  murmur  scarcely  heard. 


1.  Condo. 


2.  (Plural.) 

O  2 


3.  Toronensi  Fluctu. 


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A  nymph,  distracted  with  sorrow]1 2  mingles 2  [her]  sighs 3 4  with 
the  winds, 

And  weeping*  increases  the  plaintive5  waters  with  [her]  tears. 

“  [0]  happy  spirits*  from1 7  Heaven’s  blessed  seat ! 

[O]  holy  Virgin !  hear8 9  a  virgin? s 9  prayers. 

O,  if  a  suppliant’s  vows  can  reach 10  heavenly  ears, 

I  pray  [you]  snatch 11  me  hence,  ox  give  me  back 12  my  own.” 

After  this,13  murmurs  of  the  war  come  in  the  distance,  and 
uncertainly ;14 

Now  they  rise  with  the  blast;13  overcome  by  the  blast, 
they  fall. 

Groaning 16  is  mingled  with  clamor,11  the  savage  conflicts 
increase18 

And  the  clash 19  of  arms  and  headlong 20  flight. 

Breathless  31  distracted ,22  she  looks  down 23  the  void 24  grove, 

And 27  sees 25  a  man  approach 26  way -wearied. (27) 

Blood 28  tracks 29  his  tardy  footsteps,  sorrow 30  [is]  in  [his] 
countenance31 

A  wound  gapes  m  Azs  brow33  bared  of 33  [its]  helmet. 

64  [O]  nymph,  hosts3*  are  flying,  Aave  regard  now  for 35 
your  own  life  ; 

The  guardian 36  who  should  protect  you  fs  himself  con¬ 
quered;31  fly. 

He  lies  upon  the  plain38  a  mangled 39  nameless 40  corpse, 

The  enemy  raging  with  carnage 11  approaches  through  the 
dark  wood?™2 

With  worn-out 43  strength,  with  trembling™  mouth,  he  scarce¬ 
ly  tells  this  news, 

With  bereft  senses 45  she  scarcely  hears  the  tidings. 


1.  Amens’  luctu. 

2.  Misceo. 

3.  Suspirium. 

4.  Flebilis. 

5.  Querulus. 

6.  Felices  animae. 

7.  De. 

8.  Accipio. 

9.  Virgineus. 

10.  Tangant. 

11.  Rapias. 

12.  Mihi  redde. 


13.  Inde. 

14.  Incertaque. 

15.  Flamine. 

16.  Gemitus.' 

17.  Strepitus. 

18.  Cresco. 

19.  Clangor. 

20.  Praecipitatus. 

21.  Exanimis. 

22.  Sine  mente. 

23.  Despecto. 

24.  Inanis. 


25.  Cerno. 

26.  Adsum. 

27.  Defessumque 

via. 

28.  Cruor. 

29.  Signo. 

30.  Moeror. 

31.  Os. 

32.  Tempore. 

33.  Nudatus. 

34.  Turmae. 

35.  Jam  consule. 


36.  Custos. 

37.  Vincitur  ipse. 

38.  Ille  jacet  campo. 

39.  Lacerus. 

40.  Sine  nomine. 

41.  Credes. 

42.  Nigrum  per  ne 
*’  ^  mus. 

43.  Effoetus. 

44.  Trepidus. 

45.  Demptis  sensi¬ 

bus. 


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And  when 1  the  sun  hides  its  light  in  the  wave  of  Toro, 

It  departs2  from  both  the  Brave 3  and  from  the  Fair,  never 
to  rise 1  [for  them]. 


(13.) 

THE  MAID  OF  ISLA.— Scott. 

O  Maid  of  Isla,  from  the  cliff, 

That  looks  on  troubled  wave  and  sky, 

Dost  thou  not  see  yon  little  skiff 
Contend  with  ocean  gallantly  ? 

Now  beating  ’gainst  the  wind  and  surge, 

And  steep’d  her  leeward  deck  in  foam, 

Why  does  she  war  unequal  urge  ? — 

O  Isla’s  maid!  she  seeks  her  home. 

O  Isla’s  maid !  yon  sea-bird  mark, 

Her  white  wing  gleams  through  mist  and  spray, 
Against  the  storm-cloud,  lowering  dark, 

As  to  the  rock  she  wheels  away : — 

Where  clouds  are  dark  and  billows  rave, 

Why  to  the  shelter  should  she  come 
Of  cliff,  exposed  to  wind  and  wave  1 — 

O  maid  of  Isla !  ’tis  her  home. 

As  breeze  and  tide  to  yonder  skiff, 

Thou’rt  adverse  to  the  suit  I  bring, 

And  cold  as  is  yon  wintry  cliff, 

Where  sea-birds  close  their  wearied  wing. 

Yet  cold  as  rock,  unkind  as  wave, 

Still,  Isla’s  maid,  to  thee  I  com* ; 

For  in  thy  love,  or  in  his  grave, 

Must  Allan  Vourich  find  his  home. 


1.  Utque. 


2.  Abeo. 


3.  Et  Forti. 


4.  Non  or  iturus. 


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Paraphrase. 

[0]  Nymph  of  I  si  a,1  from*  the  highest  summit3  of  your  crag* 
Which  the  sky  overhangs ,5  and 6  the  wave  lashes 7  beneath, (6) 
The  little  skiff*  see  you  not  ? 9  over10  the  foaming  waves, 
Bravely  works  its  course 11  in  the  ocean-waters.1* 

Its  side  is  buried 13  in  the  hoary  spray 14  of  the  sea,1* 

As  the  blast 16  of  the  wind  and  the  tide 17  drives 18  it  hither 
and  thither. 


Why  so  unequal 19  does  it  venture 20  to  contend  in  strife  V1 

[O]  Nymph  of  Isla,  the  little  skiff  seeks  its  home. 

[O]  Nymph  of  Isla,  regard 22  the  sea-bird 23  flying 24  in  the 
distance, 

Its  white  wing 25  glitters 26  over27  the  waters  of  the  sea.** 

The  sky  darkens 29  with  boisterous 30  whirlwind  and  storm,31 

As  with  circuits 32  it  wheels 33  [its]  course3*  in  the  air  to  the 

Where  the  darkling 36  cloud  overhangs31  and  the  waves 
swell,38 

Why  should  it  thus  seek39  refuge 10  in  aerial  rock  ? 

Why  should  it  seek  a  refuge  where 11  wind  and  waves  threaten  ? 

[O]  Nymph  of  Isla,  the  wild  rocks 42  afford 43  a  home  to 
the  sea-bird. 


As  in  the  sea**  both  tide  and  breeze  struggle 15  with  the  skiff, 
Sought*6  by  my  vows,  [0]  Nymph,  you  are  adverse*1 
As  the  crag 48  is  cold, 49  which  rises  from 50  the  midst  of  the 

waves 61 

Where  the  roving 52  wing  of  the  sea-birds  is  stopped 53  in 
[its]  flight.  , 


1.  Isla.  14. 

2.  De.  15. 

3.  Vertex.  16. 

4.  Rupes.  17. 

5.  Cui  super  est  cce- 18. 

lura.  19. 

6.  Subter  et.  20. 

7.  Ferio.  21. 

8.  Parvula  cymba.  22. 

9.  Nonne  vicies.  23. 

10.  Per.  24. 

11.  Urget  iter.  25. 

12.  Oceani  fluctibus.  26. 

13.  Demersum  est.  27. 


Aspergo.  28. 

Pontus.  29. 

Flamen.  30. 

riEstus.  31 . 

Agit.  32. 

Q,ur  impar  adeo.  33. 
Tento.  34. 

Bellum.  35. 

Respicio.  36. 

Mergus.  37. 

Volito.  38. 

Ala.  .39. 

Refulgeo.  40. 

Per. 


iEquoreus. 

Nigresco. 

Ventosus. 

Nimbus. 

Gyrus. 

Rado. 

Iter. 

Rupes. 

Luridus. 

Pendeo. 

Tumesco. 

.Cur  ita  petat. 

Hospitium. 


41.  Qua. 

42.  Fera  saxa.  * 

43.  Do. 

44.  In  pelago  ut. 

45.  Luctor. 

46.  Petitus. 

47.  Adversus. 

48.  Rupes. 

49.  Frigidus. 

50.  Ab. 

51.  Unda. 

52.  Vagus. 

53.  Sistitur. 


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Although}  [you]  are  more  cold  than  the  rock,  more  deaf 
than  the  wave, 

[0]  Nymph,  1  am  borne  to  you  ;  you  shall  be  a  haven a 
unto  me. 

Either  in  the  turf  of  his  tomb ,1 2 3 4  or  in  the  affection 4  of  [his] 
dear  maiden 5 

It  remains 6  to  the  lover  to  enjoy  peace  and  a  home. 


(14.) 

THE  HERMIT. — Beattie. — ( First  Portion.) 

At  the  close  of  the  day,  when  the  hamlet  is  still, 

And  mortals  the  sweets  of  forgetfulness  prove  ; 

When  naught  but  the  torrent  is  heard  on  the  hill, 

And  naught  but  the  nightingale’s  song  in  the  grove ; 
’Twas  then,  by  the  cave  of  the  mountain  reclined, 

A  Hermit  his  nightly  complaint  thus  began  ; 

Though  mournful  his  ^numbers,  his  soul  was  resign’d ; 

He  thought  as  a  sage,  though  he  felt  as  a  man. 

Ah !  why,  thus  abandon’d  to  darkness  and  wo, 

Why  thus,  lonely  Philomel,  flows  thy  sad  strain  ? 

For  Spring  shall  return,  and  a  lover  bestow, 

And  thy  bosom  no  trace  of  misfortune  retain. 

Yet,  if  pity  inspire  thee,  O  cease  not  thy  lay ! 

Mourn,  sweetest  companion  ;  man  calls  thee  to  mourn; 
O  soothe  him  whose  pleasures,  like  thine,  pass  away ; 
Full  quickly  they  pass — but  they  never  return  ! 


Paraphrase. 

When  the  village’'  is  silent,  and  af  the  late  hour  of  evening 
Each  one  tries9  what10  joys  sleep 11  possesses, 

Philomela  alone 12  is  heard  in  the  coverts 13  of  the  woods, 
And  the  murmur  of  the  water  leaping1*  from15  the  rock.15 


1.  Q,uamvis.  5.  Puella.  9.  Tento.  13.  Latebra 

2.  Portus.  G.  Restat.  10.  Quotquot.  14.  Desilio. 

3.  Cespite  vel  tu-  7.  Pagus.  11.  Sopor.  15.  E. 

muli.  8.  Sub,  with  abla-  12.  Tantum.  16.  Saxum. 

4.  Amor.  tive. 


166  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - rART  V. 

The  tenant1  of  the  desert ,2  reclining  under  a  hollow 3 4 
mountain, 

Pours  at  nightfall*  plaintive5 6  sounds  from  his  lips ? 

He  has  no  mortal  feeling ,7 *  and  [yet]  acknowledges 8  himself 
mortal ;  < 

He  complains  in  verse ,9  he  bears  a  prepared  heart.10 

Why,  [O]  Philomela,  do  you  so  mournfully 11  pour  forth 12 
[your]  strains, 

Ever 13  the  companion 14  of  darkness  and  sorrow  VD 

No  traces 16  of  grief 17  will  remain 18  in  your  bosom  ; 

Spring  returns,  and  with  the  return 19  of  Spring  will  be 
[your]  lover. 

If  your  strains  flow  in  compassion ,20  let  them  never  cease?1 

Let  me  be 22  a  cause  to  you,  [O]  dear 23  companion,  that  you 
should  ever  mourn?* 

As  from  youf  so  from  me 26  pleasure  interrupted 27  passes 
away y28 

As  to  you,  not  [so]  to  me,  can*  it  return  wAe/i  taken 
away?0 


(15.) 


THE  HERMIT. — Beattie. — ( Second  Portion.) 

Now  gliding  remote  on  the  verge  of  the  sky, 

The  moon,  half  extinct,  a  dim  crescent  displays  ; 
But  lately  I  mark’d,  when  majestic  on  high 

She  shone,  and  the  planets  were  lost  in  her  blaze. 


Roll  on,  then,  fair  orb,  and  with  gladness  pursue 
The  path  that  conducts  thee  to  splendor  again ; 
But  man’s  faded  glory  no  change  shall  renew ; 

Ah  fool !  to  exult  in  a  glory  so  vain  ! 


1.  Incola.  8.  Fateor.  16.  Signum. 

2.  Deserti.  9.  Carminibus.  17.  Dolor. 

3.  Cavatus.  10.  (Plural.)  18.  Resto. 

4.  Ad  noctem.  11.  Ita  flebiliter.  19.  Reditu. 

5.  Querulus.  12.  Profundo.  20.  Miserata. 

6.  Ab  ore.  13.  Usque.  21.  Cesso. 

7.  Nil  mortale  sa-  14.  Comes.  22.  Sim. 

pit.  15.  Moestitiecque.  23.  Cara. 


24.  Quod  usque  ge¬ 

mas. 

25.  Tibi. 

26.  Nobis. 

27.  Intermissus. 

28.  Abeo. 

29.  Demptus. 


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167 


’Tis  night,  and  the  landscape  is  lovely  no  more  ; 

I  mourn  ;  but,  ye  woodlands,  I  mourn  not  for  you  ; 

For  morn  is  approaching,  your  charms  to  restore, 

Perfumed  with  fresh  fragrance,  and  glittering  with  dew. 
Nor  yet  for  the  ravage  of  winter  I  mourn ; 

Kind  Nature  the  embryo  blossom  shall  save  ; 

But-  when  shall  Spring  visit  the  mouldering  urn  ? 

0  when  shall  it  dawn  on  the  night  of  the  grave  ? 


Paraphrase. 

Now  afar  off  Cynthia1  glides  in  the  extreme  edge 2  of  the  sky, 
She  shines 3  discolored ,4  and  with  narrow  brow.5 
And  now,  as 6  a  queen  among  the  lesser  fires,1 7 

She  gives  more  splendid  light 8 9  in  the  height  of  heaven.* 
Shine  forth 10  therefore  :  the  course  which  restores  to  you 11 
beauty 12  ever  refreshed ,13 

Rejoicing ,14  mayest  thou  continue  to  pursue,15  [O]  ever- 
during16  moon.  / 

But  to  man  (why  should  we  thus  be  caught 17  by  a  vain 
image  ?) 

Glory  falls  away,15  never 10  to  be  restored.20 
It  is  night — the  beauty  of  the  wood  and  country  is21  now 
se£(21)  in  shade ; 

I  will  give  laments22  not  to  you,  [0]  country,  not  to  you, 
[O]  wood. 

To-morrow1  s  dawn 23  is  hastening  on  to  restore 24  [yourj 
beauty,25 

And  the  fresh25  dew  distills,  new  odor  exhales21  [itself]. 
Nor  do  I  grieve25  that  stern  winter20  brings  decay 30  with  it, 
The  germ  buried 31  in  Nature’s  lap 32  lies  hid. 

1.  (Next  verse.)  10.  Eniteas.  17.  Cur  sic  captemur.  25.  Decor. 

2.  Ora.  11.  (Oui  tibi  reddit:  18.  Cado.  26.  Recens. 

3.  Niteo.  next  verse.)  19.  Non  unquam.  27.  Halo. 

4.  Decolor.  12.  Decus.  20.  Restituendus.  28.  Doleo. 

5.  Curta  fronte.  13.  Usque  novatum.  21.  Occidit.  29.-Fera  bruma. 

6.  Veluti.  14.  Ovans.  22.  Gemitus.  30.  Ruina. 

7.  Ignes  minores.  15.  Eas.  23.  Crastina  lux.  31.  Condita  gemma. 

8.  (Plural.)  16.  Perennis,  24.  Restauraturus.  32.  Gremium. 

9.  Summo  polo. 


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But  when  can  the  dawn 1  of  Spring  arise 2  upon  the  chill  urn  ? 
And  shine  forth1 2 3 4 5  springing  afresh 4  from  the  night  of  the 
sepulchre  V 


(16.)  f  •  ' 

BRIDE  OF  ABYDOS. -Byron. 

Know  ye  the  land  where  the  cypress  and  myrtle 
Are  emblems  of  deeds  that  are  done  in  their  clime, 

Where  the  rage  of  the  vulture,  the  love  of  the  turtle, 

Now  melt  into  sorrow,  now  madden  to  crime  ? 

Know  ye  the  land  of  the  cedar  and  vine  ? 

Where  the  flowers  ever  blossom,  the  beams  ever  shine ; 
Where  the  light  wings  of  Zephyr,  oppress’d  with  perfume, 
Wax  faint  o’er  the  gardens  of  Gul  in  her  bloom  ; 

Where  the  citron  and  olive  are  fairest  of  fruit, 

And  the  voice  of  the  nightingale  never  is  mute  ; 

Where  the  tints  of  the  earth,  and  the  hues  of  the  sky, 

In  color  though  varied,  in  beauty  may  vie, 

And  the  purple  of  Ocean  is  deepest  in  dye  ; 

Where  the  virgins  are  soft  as  the  roses  they  twine, 

And  all,  save  the  spirit  of  man,  is  divine  ? 

’Tis  the  clime  of  the  East;  ’tis  the  land  of  the  Sun — 

Can  he  smile  on  such  deeds  as  his  children  have  done  1 
Oh !  wild  as  the  accents  of  lovers’  farewell, 

Are  the  hearts  which  they  bear,  and  the  tales  which  they  tell. 


Paraphrase. 

Know  ye3  where'  a  tree  marks 8  the  manners  of  the  nation, 
The  scented 9  myrtle  mingled 10  in  a  cypress-hearing 11  soil ; 
WRere  the  vulture  by  its  rage,12  the  turtle13  by  its  faithful1  i 
love, 

Or  calls  forth  crime 15  or  excites 16  sorrow  V 


1.  Lux.  6.  Novistis.  11.  Cupressifer.  15.  Provocat  aut  eri- 

2.  Surgat.  7,  &ua.  12.  Rabie.  ,  men. 

3.  Mico.  8.  Indico.  13.  Turtur.  16.  Cieo. 

4.  Renatus.  9.  Odorus.  14.  Constans.  17.  Tristitia. 

5.  Sepulcralis.  10.  Mistus. 


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Know  ye  where  the  shade  of  the  cedar  contends1  with  the 
vines, 

The  flowers  are  ever  fresh*  and  the  beam  is  ever  bright  f 
Where,  gliding4,  on  light  wings 5  through  the  sweets  of  the 
roses,6 

The  Zephyr  begins  to  fail,1  overcome  by  odor  falls  ? 

The  golden  fruits*  are  bright  amid  the  thriving 9  olives, 
The  voice  of  the  nightingale 10  there  is  silent  on  no  night ; 
And  varied  changed1  of  earth  and  hues 12  of  heaven 
Are  different13  in  form  and  equal 14  in  beauty.16 
The  ocean,  as,  wandering,16  it  flows  around 17  the  scattered 18 
coasts, 

Rolls  [its]  waters  purple  with  the  light 19  of  the  sun. 

The  maidens 20  are  tender  as  the  garlands  which  they  weave?1 

And  the  spirit  itself  of  man 22  alone 23  is  downcast.*4, 

It  is  the  Eastern  region?6  the  land  nearest  to  the  Sun ; 

But  he  can  not  smile 26  upon  the  deeds  of  his  offspring. 

As  lovers  shriek  wildly 27  if  they  are  torn  asunder?* 

Horror  is  in 29  their  words,  and  madness 30  in  their  bosoms. 


(17.) 

HEBREW  MELODIES. — Byron. — (First  Portion.) 


When  coldness  wraps  this  suffering  clay, 

Ah,  whither  strays  the  immortal  mind  ? 

It  cannot  die,  it  cannot  stay,  ' 

But  leaves  its  darken’d  dust  behind. 

Then,  unimbodied,  doth  it  trace 

By  steps  each  planet’s  heavenly  way  7 
Or  fill  at  once  the  realms  of  space, 

A  thing  of  eyes,  that  all  survey  7 

1.  Certo.  9.  Crescens.  17.  Circumfluo.  24.  Pronus  est. 

2.  Usque  virent.  10.  Luscinia.  18.  Sparsus.  25.  Orientalis  plaga. 


4.  Lapsus.  12.  Color. 

5.  Penna.  13.  Diversi. 

6.  Amoena  rosa-  14.  Par. 


3.  Usque  nitet.  11.  Vices  variae. 


19.  Lumen.  26.  Haud  rideat  ille. 

20.  Puella.  27.  Effera  ingemi- 


21.  Veluti  quae  nec-  nant. 


rum.  15.  Species. 

7.  Languesco.  16.  Vagus. 

8.  Pomum. 


tunt  serta.  28.  Divello. 

22.  (Plilral.)  29.  Insum. 

23.  Tantum.  30.  Furor. 


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Eternal,  boundless,  undecay’d, 

A  thought  unseen,  but  seeing  all, 

All,  all  in  earth  or  skies  display’d, 

Shall  it  survey,  shall  it  recall  ? 

Each  fainter  trace  that  memory  holds 
So  darkly  of  departed  years, 

In  one  broad  glance  the  soul  beholds, 

And  all  that  was  at  once  appears. 

Paraphrase. 

When  chill 1  death  hides 2  the  wretched  corpse  in  the 
tomb ,3 

Where 4  flies  the  immortal  soul 5  through  space  ?6 

It  deserts  both  the  ashes  and  the  shade  of  its  dark 7  dust, 

It  ccmnot  remain 8  on  earth*  and  it  cannot  die.10 

Whether11  does  it  wander  as  a  planet 12  through  the  regiom 
of  air  ,13  „  -  •  .  i 

And 14  seek  the  stars,  jfree(14)  from  the  bondage15  of  the 
body  ? 

Or  does  it  fill  at  once 16  the  extended  void 17  of  heaven, 

And,  «5  were  all  eye,18  does  it  mark 19  all  things? 

It  is  at  work 20  infinite,  liable 21  to  wo22  death, 

It  is  itself  unseen 23  by  all,  but  sees  every  thing. 

Whatever' 24  [lies  open]  through  the  earth*5  whatever  lies 
open  in  the  whole  firmament, 26 
Either  it  can  survey*1  or  it  can 28  recall. 

If  the  lapse 29  of  years  leave  doubtful  traces,30 

And  obscure  signs  in  the  mindful 31  breast  remain, 

These  the  vivid  mind  perceives 32  once33  at  one  look34. 
What  all  time  has  produced,35  that  is  altogether  seen?0 


1.  Frigidas. 

2.  Condat. 

3.  Tumulus. 

4.  Ubi. 

5.  Mens. 

6.  Inane. 

7.  Niger. 

8.  Non  re  stet. 

9.  (Plural.) 


10.  Nec  queat  ilia  18. 

mori. 

11.  Anne.  19. 

12.  Stella.  20. 

13.  iEtherios  trac-  21. 

tus.  22. 

14.  Libera  et.  23. 

15.  Vinclum.  24. 

16.  Simul.  25. 

17.  Extentum  inane.  26. 


Velut  e  toto  lu¬ 
mine. 

Noto. 

Vigeo. 

Obnoxius. 

Non  ullus. 
Invisus. 
Cluicquid. 
(Plural.) 

A3ther. 


27.  Circumspiciat. 

28.  Potest. 

29.  Lapsus. 

30.  Vestigia.  •- 

31.  Memor. 

32.  Cerno. 

33.  Simul. 

34.  Aspectus. 

35.  Tulerit. 

36.  Id  omne  patet. 


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(18.) 

HEBREW  MELODIES. — Byron. — (Second  Portion.) 

Before  Creation  peopled  earth, 

Its  eye  shall  roll  through  chaos  back ; 

And  where  the  farthest  heaven  had  birth, 

The  spirit  trace  its  rising  track. 

And  where  the  future  mars  or  makes, 

Its  glance  dilate  o’er  all  to  be, 

While  sun  is  quench’d  or  system  breaks, 

Fix’d  in  its  own  eternity. 

Above  or  Love,  Hope,  Hate,  or  Fear, 

It  lives  all  passionless  and  pure  : 

An  age  shall  fleet  like  earthly  year, 

Its  years  as  moments  shall  endure. 

Away,  away,  without  a  wing, 

O’er  all,  through  all,  its  thought  shall  fly ; 

A  nameless  and  eternal  thing, 

Forgetting  what  it  was  to  die. 

*<£,  °  —  '  ^ 

Paraphrase  , 

When 1 2  no 2  inhabitant  yet( 8)  was  given  to  the  new-born 3 4 5 6 
earth? 

[Its]  eye  knows  how  to  penetrate 5  into  primeval 6  chaos  ; 

Where  the  farthest  region ,7  the  extreme  circuit  of  heaven 
lies  hid, 

The  spirit  can  mark  hence  the  signs  of  its  beginning .9 

What  in  future  ages10  may  bless 11  or  hurt  mankind™ 

That 13  it™  at  once  foresees?*)  by  its  intuition .15 

Though 16  the  sun  be  set?7  the  fabric 18  of  the  world  be 
broken, 

Yet  the  mind  remains  fixed  in  eternity.™ 

1.  Ut.  7.  Tractus  extre-  II.  Beo.  16.  Licet. 

2.  Nondum.  mus.  12.  Homo.  17.  Occumbat. 

3.  Nascens.  8.  Ultimus  orbis.  13.  Id.  18.  Machina. 

4.  (Plural.)  9.  Ortus.  14.  Providet  ille.  19.  In  sterno  tem- 

5.  Scit  penetrare.  10.  In  saeclis  futu-  15.  Intuitu  suo.  pore. 

6.  Antiquus.  ris. 


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It  glows1 2  not  with  hate  or  love,  not  either  with  hope  or  fear;* 
It  alone  withoutpassfora,3  as4 5 6  without  impurity*  is  vigorous. 
As  a  year  upon  the  earth?  so  an  age  passes  to  it f 
As  a  moment?  so  the  fleeting0  year  wanes.10 
Far  hence,  hence  away?1  speed 12  through  ether  without  a 
wing, 

Throw  light  through  all  things?*  and 'flit1*  over  all. 

And  yet1*  forever10  you  shall  be  at  work?1  known 18  without  a 
name, 

Unconscious 19  what  death 50  is,  you  shall  always  be. 


(19.) 

HEBREW  MELODY.— Byron. 

Oh !  snatch’d  away  in  beauty’s  bloom, 

On  thee  shall  press  no  ponderous  tomb, 

But  on  thy  turf  shall  roses  rear 
Their  leaves,  the  earliest  of  the  year  ; 

And  the  wild  cypress  wave  in  tender  gloom. 


And  oft  by  yon  blue  gushing  stream 
Shall  Sorrow  lean  her  drooping  head, 

And  feed  deep  thought  with  many  a  dream, 

And  lingering  pause  and  lightly  tread, 

Fond  wretch !  as  if  her  step  disturb’d  the  dead. 


Away !  we  know  that  tears  are  vain, 

That  death  nor  heeds  nor  hears  distress  : 
Will  this  unteach  us  to  complain  ? 

Or  make  one  mourner  weep  the  less  ? 
And  thou — who  tell’st  me  to  forget, 

Thy  looks  are  wan,  thy  eyes  are  wet. 


1.  Caleo. 

2.  gpeve  metuve. 

3.  Affectus. 

4.  Sic. 

5.  Labes. 

6.  (Plural.) 


7.  Praeterit  illi. 

8.  Momentum. 

9.  Levis. 

10.  Abeo. 

11.  Hinc  abeas. 


12.  Curro. 

13.  Omnia  perlus¬ 

tres. 

14.  Volo. 

15.  Quin  et. 


16.  In  aeternum. 

17.  Vigeo. 

18.  Nota. 

19.  Nescia. 

20.  Interitus. 


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Paraphrase. 

O  snatch'd  away 1  in  the  fresh 2  flower  of  ripening 3  youth, 
The  vain 4  weight  of  a  tomb  shall  not  press  upon  thee. 

Rather 5  the  sad6  cypress  sAaZZ  overshadow 7  [your]  bones, 
And  the  earliest 8  rose  shall  spring1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  in  the  sacred  turf 

And  Sorrow 10  with  veiled  brow,  with  downcast 11  eye 

Shall  brood?2  where  the  light  water  of  the  river  bubbles?3 

Moreover™  she  will  beguile 15  with  ZcZZe16  dream 17  [her]  mind 
diseased™ 

And  will  feed  her  regret19  with  love  of  you. 

She  will  tread 20  lightly,  and  res*  upon 21  the  same  footstep™ 
As  if  death  were  *o  be  cast  forth23  from  the  tomb. 

But  tears,  we  know™  are  vain,  the  dirge 25  [is]  vain, 

Death 26  hears  not  wailings  f  [hears]  not  prayers. 

Whether  do  tears  or  prayers  flow  less  to  any  one  on  this 
account 23 

Whether  has  he  grieved 29  the  less,  and  unlearned 30  to 
complain  ? 

You  forbid  me  to  remember,  and  urge31  forgetfulness32  in 
vain ; 

See33  your  own  brow  is  pale™  [your]  mournful 35  eyes 
are  wet.™ 


(20.) 

HEBREW  MELODY.— Byron. 

My  soul  is  dark — oh !  quickly  string 
The  harp  I  yet  can  brook  to  hear ; 

And  let  thy  gentle  fingers  fling 

Its  melting  murmurs  o’er  mine  ear. 


1.  Abrepta.  11.  Demissus. 

2.  Novus.  12.  Incumbo. 

3.  Crescens.  13.  Salio. 

4.  Inanis.  14.  Quin. 

5.  Potius.  15.  Deludo. 

6.  Tristis.  16.  Inanis. 

7.  Obumbro  super.  17.  Somnus. 

8.  Primus.  18.  A3ger.  j 

9.  Surgo.  19.  Desiderium. 

10.  Mmror.  20.  Incedo. 


21.  Hasreo  (with  ab-28.  Inde. 

lative).  29.  Indoleo. 

22.  Passus.  30.  Dedisco. 

23.  Ejiciendus  fo-  31.  Suades. 

rem.  32.  Oblivia. 

24.  Scio.  33.  En. 

25.  Naenia.  34.  Pallet. 

26.  Libitina.  35.  Moestus. 

27.  Planctus.  36.  Madeo. 


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If  in  this  heart  a  hope  be  dear, 

That  sound  shall  charm  it  forth  again  ! 

If  in  these  eyes  there  lurk  a  tear, 

’Twill  flow,  and  cease  to  burn  my  brain. 

But  bid  the  strain  be  wild  and  deep, 

Nor  let  thy  notes  of  joy  be  first : 

I  tell  thee,  minstrel,  I  must  weep, 

Or  else  this  heavy  heart  will  burst ; 

For  it  hath  been  by  sorrow  nursed,. 

And  ached  in  sleepless  silence  long  ; 
And  now  ’tis  doom’d  to  know  the  worst, 
And  break  at  once — or  yield  to  song. 


Paraphrase. 

A  shade  is  o'er 1  my  senses  ;  [oh]  minstrel ,3  quickly  strike3 
the  chords ,4 

While  my  mind  can  bear 5  the  notes 6  of  the  harp.1 
Run 8  softly 9  and  with  swift  finger 10  over  the  strings ,n 
That  the  air 12  may  fall  on  [my]  charmed  ears.13 
If  any 14  hope  shall  be  cherished 15  in  my16  wretched  heart, 
By  your  skill11  the  harp 18  at  once 19  will  draw  that 20  forth. 
If,  perchance,  tears  shall  lurk 21  imprisoned 22  in  my  eyes, 
Thence  they  shall  flow,  lest  the  fire  consume 23  [my] 
wearied 24  head. 

-\ 

Let  the  plectrum  give  forth 25  unequal 26  measures  f  wild 28 
strains, 

And  let  no  light  or  joyous  note 29  mingle33 
[Oh]  bard,31  it  is  a  pleasure  for  me  to  weep  and  mourn,33 
Lest  [my]  heart 33  burst,  broken  with  its  own  weight. 


1.  Subest. 

2.  Fidicen. 

3.  Percutio. 

4.  Chorda. 

5.  Ferre  queat. 

6.  Sonitus. 

7.  Cithara. 

8.  Percurras. 

9.  Molliter. 


10.  Pollex. 

11.  Nervus. 

12.  Aura. 

13.  Delinitis  auri¬ 

bus. 

14.  Si  qua. 

15.  Foveo. 

16.  Mihi, 

17.  Ars. 


18.  Barbitos. 

19.  Protenus. 

20.  Previous  line, 

21.  Lateo. 

22.  Clausus. 

23.  Edo. 

24.  Mger. 

25.  Reddo. 


26.  Inaequalis. 

27.  Numerus. 

28.  Vagus. 

29.  Laeti  tiaeve  sonus. 

30.  Intersum. 

31.  Vates. 

32.  Lugeo. 

33.  Pectora. 


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[My]  mind,  long  nursed  by  sorrow 1 2 3  has  boiled?  within, 

Myz  sleepless 4  senses  have  been  in  pangs? 

I  will  try  extremities f  my 7  anguish 8  thus  shall  wreak  its 
fury ,9 

Or  shall  be  overcome 10  by  the  magic  power  of  song.11 


(21.) 

THE  FONT.— Osler. 

To  bring  me  to  this  hallow’d  shrine, 

With  pious  care  my  parents  came, 

To  mark  me  with  the  Christian  sign, 

To  bless  me  with  the  Christian  name. 

Twas  here  the  sacred  pledge  was  given, 
And,  solemnly  for  me  preferr’d, 

The  fervent  prayer  arose  to  heaven  ; 

And  may  I  hope  that  prayer  was  heard  ? 

Enthroned  in  majesty  on  high, 

The  Ancient  of  eternal  days, 

God  yet  regards  the  feeble  cry, 

And  listens  to  the  infant’s  praise. 

Their  souls  are  ransom’d  with  his  blood, 
The  emblems  of  his  promised  rest ; 

Nor  dare  we  from  his  Church  exclude 
Those  whom  on  earth  the  Savior  bless’d. 

Loved,  honor’d  Church !  His  saving  grace 
The  Lord,  thy  God,  displays  in  thee ! 

f 

I’ll  worship  in  thy  holy  place, 

And  pray  for  thy  prosperity. 

Built  on  His  everlasting  word, 

Stand,  as  for  ages  thou  hast  stood ; 

Thine  be  the  blessings  of  the  Lord, 

And  bless’d  be  all  who  seek  thy  good. 


1.  Tristitia. 

2.  Ferveo, 

3.  Mihi. 


4.  Insomnis. 

5.  Indoleo. 

6.  Ultima, 


7.  Mihi. 

8.  Angor. 

9.  Desaevio. 


10.  Superatus. 

11.  Carmen, 


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Paraphrase. 


0  this  place  is  holy  I1 2  whither  the  pious  care  of  [my] 
parents 

Brought  me*  that  I  might  he  betrothed 3  at  the  ancient 
shrine* 

They  dedicated 5  me,  an  infant,  in  the  name  of  Christ, 

And  the  mystical  mark 6  of  the  cross  was  laid  upon 7  [my] 
brow.6 7 8 


And  the  compact 9  was  entered  into,10  that  should  bind  me  to 11 
this  altar ; 

Pledges  were  offered 12  to  God  in  solemn  form. 13 


Prayers  arose1*  to  the  hallowed  threshold 15  of  heaven  ; 

Can  I  hope  it  possible 16  that  God  has  not  rejected 17  [those] 
prayers  ? 

[He]  who  is  girt 18  upon  [his]  throne 19  with  supreme  maj¬ 
esty, 

Unto  whom  was  Divinity 20  before 21  eternal  time, 

[He]  disdains **  not  the  simple 23  praises  of  an  infant, 

He 24  hears  the  unheard 25  prayers  of  the  suppliant. 

He  willed  these 26  to  be  the  emblems 27  of  [his]  covenanted 28 
res£,29 

He  himself  redeemed 30  the  souls  of  these  at  the  price  of 
his  own  blood. 

When  a  sojourner  on  earth31  God  embraced  them  in  [his] 
arms;3 4 5* 

Who  would  forbid 33  [them]  to  carry  themselves  their 
vows  to  the  temple  ?34 

O  loved  house,  both  thy  Lord  and  God 35  will  make  good36 
[his]  love  in  heaven, 


[He]  has  proffered 37  it  in  thy  sanctuary. 


1.  Sacer.  9.  Fcedus.  19.  Solium. 

2.  (Me:  previous  10.  Ineo.  20.  Numen. 

verse.)  11.  Ad.  21.  Prius. 

3.  Sponsus  ut  fo-  12.  Sunt  data.  22.  Dedignor. 

rem.  13.  Mos.  23.  Ineptus. 

4.  Aide.  14.  Surrexere.  24.  Ille. 

5.  Devoveo.  15.  (Plural.)  25.  Inauditus. 

6.  Nota.  16.  Sperem  posse.  26.  Hos. 

7.  Impono.  17.  Renuo.  27.  Signum. 

8.  (Ablative.)  18.  Cingitur.  28.  Pactus. 


29.  Requies. 

30.  (Previous  verse.) 

31.  Hospes  ut  in  ter- 

32.  Ulna.' 

33.  Vetet. 

34.  In  templum. 

35.  (Next  verse  1 

36.  Praesto. 

37.  Profero. 


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Thus  certified  in  faith,1 1  will  approach  thy  shrine  f 
That  thou  mayest  be  ever  safe,2  my  prayers  shall  flow. 
As  thy  house*  built 5  on  the  eternal  word 6  of  Jehovah, 

Has  already  stood  from  ages,1  so  shall  it  ever 8  stand. 

And  may  there  be  safety  to  him  whoever 9  wishes  safety  to 
thee, 

[And]  oh10  may  God  himself  bless 11  thee,  rule  thee  ! 


(22.) 

STANZAS  FROM  SCHLOSS  HAINFELD. 

Basil  Hall.- 

My  life  is  like  the  summer’s  rose, 

That  opens  to  the  morning  sky,  , 

But  ere  the  shades  of  evening  close, 

Is  scatter’d  on  the  ground  to  die. 

Yet  on  that  rose’s  humble  bed 
The  sweetest  dews  of  night  are  shed, 

As  if  Heaven  wept  such  waste  to  see — 

But  none  shall  weep  a  tear  for  me. 

My  life  is  like  the  autumnal  leaf, 

That  trembles  in  the  moon’s  pale  ray ; 

Its  hold  is  frail,  its  stay  is  brief, 

Restless,  and  soon  to  pass  away. 

Yet  ere  that  leaf  shall  fall  or  fade, 

The  parent  tree  shall  mourn  its  shade, 

The  winds  bewail  the  leafless  tree — 

But  none  shall  breathe  a  sigh  for  me. 

My  life  is  like  the  print  that  feet 
Have  left  on  Zara’s  desert  strand  : 

Soon  as  the  rising  tide  shall  beat, 

The  track  shall  vanish  from  the  sand. 


1.  Fidei  consultus.  4.  (Next  line.) 

2.  Penetrale.  5.  Stabilitus. 

3.  Incolumis.  6.  (Ablative.) 


7.  E  saeclis. 

8.  Usque. 

9.  Quicunque. 


10.  O  utinam. 

11.  Beo. 


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Yet,  as  if  grieving  to  efface 
All  vestige  of  the  human  race, 

On  that  lone  shore  loud  mourns  the  sea — 
But  none  shall  e’er  lament  for  me. 


Paraphrase. 

My1  life  [is]  as 3  the  rose  in  the  hour  of  early3  summer,  .. 

Which  shines  opened?  in  the  morning 5  sun. 

But  as  soon  as 6  the  thin1  shadows  of  evening  fade, 9 

The  flower  withers  3  doomed  to  perish 10  in  its  natal  soil.11 
[Yeti  where 12  the  rose  cut  down 13  is  scattered  on  its  humble 
bed ,14 

The  earth 15  is  wet 16  with  scented 17  dew  of  night ; 

Jds  if16  the  deities  wept(ls)  to  have  witnessed 19  [its]  decay;30 

But  no 21  tear-drop 33  shall  fall  for  me  when  dead  33 
My  life  is  like  the  autumnal  leaf 24  in  a  garden, 

Which  vibrates,  wafted 25  in 26  the  tremulous  moonbeam.31 
It  is  short-lived 33  it  is  frail,  ill -supported33  on  the  paternal 
branch ; 

It  knows  not  how  to  remain 30  in  [its]  place,  and31  trem¬ 
bles,  soon{31)  about  to  fall?3 
But  if  the  leaf  perish,  if  its  honors  be  shorn33 
Its  shade  is  not  unwept 34  by  its  parent ; 

The  winds 33  too,  mourn 36  for  the  branch  reft31  of  [its]  leaves; 

Affection  and38  kindly  feeling39  will  not(38)  sigh*0  for  me. 
My  life  is  as  the  track 41  of  the  scarce  footstep*3 

Which  appears 43  imprinted 44  in  the  dry  dust  of  Zara : 

Let  the  returning 15  wave  once  dash  against 46  the  sandy  shore, 
And  there  will  be  no 47  mark 48  of  mortal  foot. 


1.  Mihi. 

2.  Qualis. 

3.  Primus. 

4.  Adapertus. 

5.  Matutinus. 

6.  Simul  ac. 

7.  Tenuis. 

8.  Raresco. 

9.  Marceo. 

10.  Moriturus. 

11.  Ager. 

12.  Qua. 


13.  Decisus.  25.  Actus. 

14.  Cubile.  26.  Sub. 

15.  Humus.  27.  Lun£e  jubar. 

16.  Madesco.  28.  Brevis.  ~ 

17.  Odoratus.  29.  Fultus. 

18.  Deflerent  veluti.  30.  Stare. 

19.  Video.  31.  Jamque. 

20.  Ruina.  32.  Caducus. 

21.  Non  ullus.  33.  Decutiantur. 

22.  Gutta.  34.  Indefletus. 

23.  Extractus.  35.  Flamen. 

24.  Frons.  36.  Mcereo. 


37.  Orbatus. 

38.  Nec. 

39.  Mens  amica. 

40.  Suspiro. 

41.  Vestigia. 

42.  Rarte  piante. 

43.  Pateo. 

44.  Pressus. 

45.  Resurgens 

46.  Ferio. 

47.  Non  ullus. 

48.  Nota. 


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But,  as  if  it  groaned1 2 3 4  that  there  should  perish 3  utterly  effaced '* 
And  not  be*  on  the  ground5 6  [any]  traces 6  of  the  human  race,7 
A  heavy 8  murmur  from?  the  waters  resounds  on  the  desert 
shore  ; 

j 

No  lament 10  is  heard  for  my  lot.11 


(23.) 

ANACREON’S  GRAVE.— From  Goethe. 

Whose  yon  grave,  where  rose  and  myrtle, 
Bays  and  ivy,  blossom  round ; 

Where  the  glossy  laurel  towers, 

By  the  vine’s  rich  clusters  crown’d  1 

There  at  eve  the  redbreast  warbles, 

There  the  ringdove  loves  to  mourn  ; 

There  the  grasshopper’s  gay  carol 
Earliest  greets  the  Spring’s  return. 

Low  beneath  yon  hill  of  fragrance 
Loved  and  mourn’d  Anacreon  lies  ; 

Sweet  the  flowers  that  deck  his  pillow, 

Soft  the  sleep  that  seals  his  eyes. 

Summer’s,  spring’s,  and 'autumn’s  treasures 
Each  the  laughing  poet  crown’d  ; 

Shelter  from  stem  winter’s  rigours 
In  this  calm  retreat  he  found. 


Paraphrase. 

Whos e12  dark  tomb  is  this,  girt13  with  ivy  and  bay ,14 
Where  the  rose,  where  the  myrtle  shades 15  the  hallowed 
ground  ?16 

Where  the  glossy  oak 17  expands  itself  into  branching 18  arms ,19 
And  shines  united 20  with  the  cluster -bearing31  vine  ? 

1.  Ingemo.  7.  Gens.  12.  Cuj.  17.  Levis  ilex. 

2.  Perire.  8.  Gravis.  13.  Recinctus.  18.  Extentus. 

3.  Deletus.  9.  Ab.  14.  Laurus.  19.  Ulna. 

4.  Fore.  10.  Querela.  15.  Opaco.  20.  Consociatus. 

5.  Solo.  11.  (Dative.)  16.  Humus,  21.  Racemifer. 

6.  Signum. 


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At  evening  fall'  the  painted  redbreast*  pours  [its]  song* 
And  the  faithful4,  dove  resumes 5  her  plaintive6  melody. 

The  grasshopper 7  teaches  the  shrubberies 8  to  resound  with 
[its]  strains  ; 

Chirping ,9  it  utters'0  joyl'ul  notes"  at  the  beginning  of 
spring )* 

Under  the  turf  of  [this]  fragrant 13  hill,  [0]  Teian™  bard™ 
You  lie  honored 16  with  grief'1  and  mindful  affection. 

Your 18  head  is  adorned  with  the  choicest 19  flowers  of  the 
garden, 

A  tranquil  sleep*0 presses  upon 21  [your]  closed  eyes** 

And  to  the  laughing  poet  are  given 23  the  golden  gifts  of 
autumn, 

And  the  bounties 24  of  summer,  the  wealth 25  of  spring. 

Before 26  all  valleys,  that  nook 27  was  grateful** 

Where 29  the  stern00  fury  of  winter  knows  not  how  to  come01 


(24.) 

THE  LAY  OF  THE  LAST  MINSTREL.— Scott. 

The  unearthly  voices  ceased, 

And  the  heavy  sound  was  still ; 

It  died  on  the  river’s  breast, 

It  died  on  the  side  of  the  hill ; 

But  round  Lord  David’s  tower 
The  sound  still  floated  near ; 

For  it  rang  in  the  Ladye’s  bower, 

And  it  rang  in  the  Ladye’s  ear. 

She  raised  her  stately  head, 

And  her  heart  throbb’d  high  with  pride  : 

“  Your  mountains  shall  bend, 

And  your  streams  ascend, 

Ere  Margaret  be  our  foeman’s  bride.” 


"  -  M 


1.  Vespere  subsero.  9.  Stridulus. 


2.  Rubecula. 

3.  Dat  cantus. 

4.  Fidus. 

5.  Repeto. 

6.  Querulus. 

7.  Cicada. 

8.  Virgultum. 


10.  Do. 

11.  Modus. 

12.  Vere  ineunte. 

13.  Odoratus. 

14.  T5xus. 

15.  Vates. 

16.  Cultus. 


17.  Luctibus. 

18.  Tibi. 

19.  Eximius. 

20.  Sopor. 

21.  Urgeo. 

22.  Lumen. 

23.  (Dantur :  next 

verse.) 


24.  Munus. 

25.  Opes. 

26.  Prae. 

27.  Angulus  iste. 

28.  Arrisit. 

29.  Ubi. 

30.  Saevus. 

31.  Adeo. 


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181 


Paraphrase. 

The  ethereal  voices  fell1  in  a  mournful 2  whispefc, 

And  the  heavy  sounds  imperceptibly 3  were  still f 
On  the  bosom 5  of  the  river  the  light  breeze 6  scarcely  fans1  [it], 
And  on  the  side 8  of  the  turfy 9  hill  a//10  is  silent. 

But  round  the  fortified  summit 11  of  the  chieftain's 12  tower, 
The  wind  still  brings 13  upon  [its]  blast 14  a  doubtful  murmur. 
Moreover,15  the  murmurs  enter 16  the  recesses 17  of  the  Lady's 18 
dwelling  f 

And  j^20  stricken 21  upon  the  senses 22  of  the  Lady  herself. 
But  sAe23  raises 24  [her]  look,25  her  neck  thrown  back  26 
And  [her]  swelling2’’  bosom 28  throbbed  :29 
“  The  mountains  shall  subside50  the  rivers  shall  flow  back,51 
But  I32  will  not  be  called 33  our  foeman's  bride .”34 


(25.) 

THE  LAY  OF  THE  LAST  MINSTREL.— Scott. 

The  sun  had  brighten’d  Cheviot  gray, 

The  sun  had  brighten’d  the  Carter’s  side, 

And  soon  beneath  the  rising  day 

Smiled  Branksome  towers  and  Teviot’s  tide. 
The  wild  birds  told  their  warbling  tale, 

And  waken’d  every  flower  that  blows  ; 

And  peeped  forth  the  violet  pale, 

And  spread  her  breast  the  mountain  rose  : 

And  lovelier  than  the  rose  so  red, 

Yet  paler  than  the  violet  pale, 

She  early  left  her  sleepless  bed, 

The  fairest  maid  of  Teviot  dale. 


1.  Cado. 

2.  Moestus. 

3.  Sensim. 

4.  Conticesco. 

5.  In  gremio. 

6.  Tenuis  aura. 

7.  Ventilo. 

8.  Sub  latus. 

9.  Herbosus. 


10.  Omne. 

11.  Munita  cacu¬ 

mina. 

12.  Principis. 

13.  Ago. 

14.  Flamine. 

15.  Q.uin. 

16.  Subeo. 

17.  Penetralia. 


18.  Domina. 

19.  Tectum. 

20.  Volo. 

21.  Ictus. 

22.  Sensibus. 

23.  Illa. 

24.  Attollo. 

25.  Vultus. 

26.  Cervice  retorta. 

Q 


27.  Tumescens. 

28.  Sinus  (plur.). 

29.  Emico. 

30.  Descendo. 

31.  Curro  retrorsum. 

32.  Ego. 

33.  Dico. 

34.  Hostili  nupta 

viro. 


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Paraphrase. 

✓  ■  v  s  .  * 

See  I1  the  sunbeam ,2  arisen ,3  had  dispelled 4  the  shadows 
from 5  the  mountain, 

And  the  peak 6  shone1  in  morning  brightness .* 

And  soo?i9  the  towers,™  increasing u  m12  the  rosy  light  of  day, 
Smiled,  and  the  buoyant 13  wave  of  the/WVA.14’ 

The  various  birds1 5  warbled  their  complaints  among  the 
woods 

And  among 16  the  scented?1  treasures ,18  whatever™  the  garden 
holds. 

The  pale™  violets  raised 21  [their]  modest  head, 

The  mountain 22  roses  unfolded 23  [their]  charms}* 

She 25  shone  forth™  more  pallid 27  than  the  pale  violets 
And  her  loved™  form  surpassed 29  the  purple  rose. 

Jit  early  morn™  sleepless,  she  left  her  couch, 

A  virgin  sought  before  [all]  others  in  Aer  native 31  vale. 


(26.) 

HAROLD  THE  DAUNTLESS.— Scott. 

“  She  may  be  fair,”  he  sang,  “  but  yet 
Far  fairer  have  I  seen 
Than  she,  for  all  her  locks  of  jet, 

And  eyes  so  dark  and  sheen. 

Were  I  a  Danish  knight  in  arms, 

As  one  day  I  may  be, 

My  heart  should  own  no  foreign  charms — 
A  Danish  maid  for  me  ! 

“  I  love  my  fathers’  northern  land, 

Where  the  dark  pine-trees  grow, 

And  the  bold  Baltic’s  echoing  strand 
Looks  o’er  each  grassy  oe. 


I.  En. 

9.  Mox. 

17.  Odoratus. 

25.  Illa. 

2.  Jubar. 

10.  (Next  verse.) 

18.  Opes. 

26.  Refulsit. 

3.  Exortus 

11.  Crescens. 

19.  Quot. 

27.  Pallidus.  * 

4.  Fugo. 

12.  Sub. 

20.  Pallens. 

28.  Amatus. 

5.  De. 

13.  Levis. 

21.  Erigo. 

29.  Vinco. 

6.  Apex. 

14.  Fretum. 

22.  Montanus. 

30.  Primo  sub  mane. 

7.  Fulgeo. 

15.  Volucris. 

23.  Explico. 

31.  Suus. 

8  Lumen. 

16.  Per. 

24.  Veneres. 

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I  ^  N 

I  love  to  mark  the  lingering  sun, 

From  Denmark  loath  to  go, 

And  leaving  on  the  billows  bright, 

To  cheer  the  short-lived  summer  night, 

A  path  of  ruddy  glow. 

“  But  most  the  northern  maid  I  love, 

With  breast  like  Denmark’s  snow, 

And  form  as  fair  as  Denmark’s  pine, 

Who  loves  with  purple  heath  to  twine 
Her  locks  of  sunny  glow ; 

And  sweetly  blend  that  shade  of  gold 
With  the  cheek’s  rosy  hue  ; 

And  Faith  might  for  her  mirror  hold 
That  eye  of  matchless  blue. 

“  ’Tis  hers  the  manly  sports  to  love 
That  Southern  maidens  fear ; 

To  bend  the  bow  by  stream  and  grove, 

And  lift  the  hunter’s  spear. 

She  can  her  chosen  champion’s  flight 
With  eye  undazzled  see, 

Clasp  him  victorious  from  the  strife, 

Or  on  his  corpse  yield  up  her  life — 

A  Danish  maid  for  me !” 

Paraphrase. 

Though 1 2  she 2  may  be  beautiful,  my3 4  nymph  is  most  beautiful, 
And  charms 4  [my  heart],  being  her  equal 5  in  black  eyes 
and  black  hair.6 

If  now,  as  I  may  hope  that  one  day 7  I  shall6  I  were  girt 9  in 
arms, 

My  countrywoman ,10  not  a  stranger ,u  should  enchain 13  me. 

The  land  is  dear 13  to  me  in  the  northern i14  coasts, 

Where  the  dark  pine-tree  shades 15  [my]  natal  soil ;16 

1.  Licet.  '  5.  Par.  9.  Cingo.  13.  Dilectus. 

2.  Illa.  6.  Crinis.  10.  Nostras,  atis.  14.  Borealis. 

3.  Nostra.  7.  Quando.  11.  Aliena.  15.  Obumbro. 

4.  Placeo.  8.  Fore.  12.  Vincla  daret.  16.  Humus. 


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Where  the  regions 1  of  the  sea, *  studded 3  with  lands,  re-echo * 
far  and  wide* 

As  they  are  dashed 6  by  the  force  of  the  surrounding 7 
water. 

It  delights  [me]  fo  look  down*  when 9  the  sun 10  is  leaving 
our  shores ,u 

How1 11*  reluctant 13  he  retards 14  [his]  unwilling  course. 
And  *Aa*15  light1*  may  w<tf(15)  fail 17  unto  the  short  night  of 
summer™ 

Fire  is  sAedt19  over20  the  waters  of  the  ocean.*1 
But  before 22  the  land,  before  the  sun,  the  maid  shall  please 
me, 

Whose  bosom 23  is  whiter 24  than  her  native  snow ; 

Whose  form,  as  [her]  native  pine,  is  fair  and  stately** 

And  the  dark  heath 26  binds  [her]  golden 27  hair** 

[Her]  auburn  locks 29  agree  in  color 30  with  the  flower’s  gold, 

The  cAzrA  broom 31  blends  with  her  glowing 32  cheeks  : 
Forsooth™  you  would  say™  that  orbit 35  of  [her]  A/tze36  eye 

Might  be  a  mirror 37  which  Faith  cowA/  Ao/d  before  her.** 
Moreover™  a  woman,  she  delights 40  in  the  manly  fight  and 
sport, 

Whereas 41  the  blood  flies  from  the  countenance  of  the 
southern 42  maiden. 


By  ?Ae  grove  and  the  rivers 43  she  slings 44  her  bow  and  quiver, 
And,  a  huntress,  she  handles 45  ^Ae  shafts 46  of  men. 

$Ae47  endures 48  her  betrothed  should  pass**  through  carnage, 
through  the  foe, 

And  beholds 50  with  fearless*1  eye  [his]  AacA  turned  to  flight.** 


1.  Loca. 

2.  Pontus. 

3.  Consitus. 

4.  Reboo. 

5.  Late. 

6.  Ferio. 

7.  Circumfusus. 

8.  Despecto. 

9.  Ubi. 

10.  (Next  verse.) 

11.  Arena. 

12.  Ut. 

13.  Tardus. 

14.  Remoror. 

15.  Ne. 


*16.  Lumina. 

17.  Desum. 

18.  AEstas. 

19.  Irradio. 

20.  In. 

21.  AEquoreus. 

22.  Prae. 

23.  Cui  pectora. 

24.  Candidus. 

25.  Proceraque. 

26.  Lutea  erica. 

27.  Aureolus. 

28.  Coma. 

29.  Flava  caesaries. 


30.  'Est  bene  conco-  40.  Gaudet. 

lor.  41.  At. 

31.  Nigra  genista.  42.  Australis. 

32.  Purpureus.  43.  Per  nemus  et  flu- 

33.  Quippe.  vios. 

34.  (Dicas  :  next  v.)  44.  Suspendo. 

35.  Orbis  (iste :  next  45.  Tracto. 

verse).  46.  Spiculum. 

36.  Caeruleus,  n.  v.  47.  Illa. 

37.  Speculum  (foret:  48.  Sustineo. 
(Speculum,  p.  v.)  49.  Ire. 

38.  Sibi  praetende-  50.  Specto. 

ret,  prev.  v.  51.  Intrepidus. 

39.  Quin.  52.  Terga  dari. 


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If  he  return  a  conqueror,  she  clasps  him  in  [her]  eager 
arms,1 

Or  perishes 2  a  sad  corpse  upon 3  [him]  slain. 


(27.) 

LALLA  ROOKH. — Moore. 

Now  upon  Syria’s  land  of  roses 
Softly  the  light  of  eve  reposes, 

And,  like  a  glory,  the  broad  sun 
Hangs  over  sainted  Lebanon ; 

Whose  head  in  wintry  grandeur  towers, 

And  whitens  with  eternal  sleet, 

While  summer,  in  a  vale  of  flowers, 

Is  sleeping  rosy  at  its  feet. 

Paraphrase. 

At  last  all  things  are  silent  through  the  grateful 4  rose-beds * 
of  Syria, 

And  the  light  of  calm 6  evening  rests1  upon  the  ground .8 
Moreover,  in  the  beams 9  of  the  sun,  as  if  it  were  the  glory  of 
the  hallowed 10  land, 

The  peak  of  Lebanon 11  stands  illumined ,ia 
["He]  raises 13  his  noble  head,  through  the  winter ,14  in  the 
lofty  sky, 

He  has  [his]  summit 15  covered 16  with  eternal  snow. 

Before  [his]  feet  the  summer  breathes  forth1 1  liquid  odor, 
And  lies  rejoicing 18  on  the  breast 19  of  the  shady  vale. 

1.  Ulna.  5.  Rosetum.  10.  (Sacratus :  next v.)  15.  Culmen. 

2.  Obeo.  6.  Placidus.  11.  Libanus.  16.  Tectus. 

3.  Super  (with  ab-  7.  Requiesco.  12.  Radiatus.  17.  Suspiro. 

lative.)  8.  Humo.  13.  Erigo.  18.  Laetus. 

4.  Amoenus.  9.  Lumine.  14.  Bruma.  19.  Pectore. 

Q  2 


P  A  R  T'  VI. 


ENGLISH  POETRY, 

\  *  ^  -* 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  LATIN 
HEXAMETERS. 


1 


PART  VI. 

ENGLISH  POETRY, 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  LATIN  HEXAMETERS. 

(i.)  ^  ■ 

SACKVILLE. 

By  him  lay  heavy  Slepe,  the  cosin  of  death, 

Flat  on  the  ground,  and  still  as  any  stone, 

A  very  corpse,  save  yelding  forth  a  breath. 

Small  kepe  took  he  whom  Fortune  frowned  on, 

Or  whom  she  lifted  up  into  the  trone 
Of  high  renown,  but,  as  a  living  death, 

So  dead  alyve,  of  lyef  he  drewe  the  breath. 

The  bodyes  rest,  the  quyete  of  the  heart, 

The  travayles  ease,  the  still  nightes  seer  was  he. 
And  of  our  life  in  earth  the  better  parte, 

Reven  of  sight,  and  yet  in  whom  we  see 
Thinges  of  that  tide,  and  ofte  that  never  bee. 
Without  respect  esteeming  equally, 

Kyng  Cresus  pompe,  and  Irus  povertie. 


Paraphrase. 

Then  Sleep,1 2  Death's*  kinsman ,3  and  heavy,  [his]  limbs4. 
Casts 5  upon  the  ground,  upon  his  back,6  as  if  he  were  a 
stone  for  sculpture ,9 

And,  except  that 8  he  breathes 9  heavily,  a  void 10  carcass. 

But.  he11  lies  utterly  careless 12  as  to  whom 13  Fortune 14  with 
threatening  brow 

1.  Sopor.  5.  Do.  9.  Respiro.  13.  (Quem :  next 

2.  Letum.  6.  Resupinus.  10.  Inanis.  verse.) 

3.  Consanguineus.  7.  Sculptilis.  11.  Ille.  14.  (Fortuna :  next 

4.  Artus.  8.  Nisi  quod.  12.  Unice  securus.  verse.) 


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190  LATIN  VERSIFICATION.— -PART  VI. 

May  depress 1  unto  whom  propitious 8  she  may  give 3  a 
throne. 

But,  as  if  he  were  death  alive ,1 2 3 4  so  he  is5 6  dead  in  the  midst  of 
life 6  itself ; 

So,  senseless ,7  he  feeds  upon  the  vital  air. 

Yet  he  is 8  rest  to  the  limbs,9  comfort 10  to  the  mind, 

A  refuge 11  from  cares,12  and  the  priest  of  the  silent 
night. 

He  is  the  better  portion  of  the  life,  which  we  enjoy  im¬ 
prisoned12  in  the  body : 

He  being  our  guide,1*  we  can  perceive  things  that  never  will 
happen16 

And  whatever 16  may  be  happening,  although  he  is  blind,11 

And  he  is  alike 18  to  all ;  not  this  one,19  not  that  one 20  does  he 
regard 91 

Whether 22  he  live  richer  than  Croesus,  or23  poor  as  Irus. 


(2.) 

SACKVILLE. 


Lastly  stood  Warre  in  glitteryng  armes  yclad, 

With  visage  grym,  sterne  lookes,  and  blackely  hewed ; 
In  his  right  hand  a  naked  sworde  he  had, 

That  to  the  hiltes  was  al  with  bloud  embrewed : 

And  in  his  left  (that  kinges  and  kingdomes  rewed) 
Famine  and  fyer  he  held,  and  there wythall 
He  razed  townes,  and  threw  downe  towers  and  all. 

Cities  he  sackt,  and  realmes  that  whylom  flowered, 
In  honor,  glory,  and  rule  above  the  best, 

He  overwhelmde,  and  all  theyr  fame  devowred, 
Consumed,  destroyed,  wasted,  and  never  ceast, 

Tyll  he  theyr  wealth,  their  name,  and  all  opprest. 


1.  Premo.  7.  Inscius. 

2.  Almus.  8.  Ille  sed  est. 

3.  Defero.  9.  Membrum. 

4.  Viva.  10.  Solatia. 

5.  (Est:  next  line.)  il.  Effugium. 

6.  (Vita:  next  1.)  12.  (Genitive.) 


13.  Clausus.  19.  Hunc. 

14.  Hoc  duce.  20.  Illum. 

15.  Non  eventura.  21.  Respicio. 

16.  Quidquid  et.  22.  An. 

17.  Lumine  caeco.  23.  Seu. 

18.  Par. 


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Paraphrase. 

At  last  W ar  in  glittering 1  arms  comes  on 2 
Unto  whom  thejface3  is  lacerated ,4  the  countenance  savage 5 
with  many  a  wound, 

And  the  drawn 6  sword,  which  is  attached 7  to  [his]  fierce 9 
right  hand, 

7^  gon/9  euen  up  to  the  hilt  :10  the  weapons 11  of  his  left, 

TU^/i  which12  he  conquered 13  kingdoms  and  kings,  are  flame 
and  famine. 

By /re,14  by  want15  he  was  wont16  to  hurst  through 17  walls, 
He  hurled  down 18  turreted19  cities,  towers  and  all'26 
He  laid  waste21  towns  whose 22  power  [was]  once  supreme  23 
He  ravaged 24  [their]  fair  fame  25  he  stripped  them26  of  re¬ 
nown21  of  lengthened  age26 
He  destroyed29  he  overthrew 26  with  ceaseless 31  ruin, 

Until  [their]  wealth,  until  [their]  name,  [their]  very  nation 32 
perished. 


(3.) 

SPENSER. 

Great  enimy  to  it,  and  to  all  the  rest 
That  in  the  garden  of  Adonis  springs, 

Is  wicked  Time  ;  who  with  his  scyth  addrest 
Does  mow  the  flowring  herbes  and  goodly  things, 
And  all  their  glory  to  the  ground  downe  flings, 
Where  they  do  wither  and  are  fowly  mard  : 

He  flyes  about,  and  with  his  flaggy  wings 
Beates  down  both  leaves  and  buds  without  regard, 
Ne  ever  pity  may  relent  his  malice  hard. 


1.  Fulgens. 

2.  Ingredior. 

3.  Facies. 

4.  Lacerus. 

5.  Trux. 

6.  Strictus. 

7.  Accingitur. 

8.  Ardens. 

9.  Cruentatur. 


10.  Usque  capulo 

tenus. 

11.  Arma. 

12.  Queis. 

13.  Domo. 

14.  (Plural.) 

15.  Esuries. 

16.  Amavit. 

17.  Perrumpo. 


18.  Dejicio. 

19.  Turritus. 

20.  Turribus  ipsis. 

21.  Vasto. 

22.  Quibus. 

23.  Summus. 

24.  Deripio. 

25.  Fama. 


26.  Aufero. 

27.  Decus. 

28.  Longi  sevi. 

29.  Diruo. 

30.  Everto. 

31.  Nunquam  ces¬ 

sans. 

32.  Gens  ipsa. 


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Yet  pity  often  did  the  gods  relent 
To  see  so  faire  things  mard  and  spoiled  quight : 

And  their  great  mother  Venus  did  lament 
The  losse  of  her  deare  brood,  her  deare  delight. 

Paraphrase. 

But  the  worst 1  enemy  to  this  flower  and  to  all 

The  delights,  as  many  as1 2  3  spring  up3 5  in  the  garden  of  Adonis, 

Is*  devouring 5  Time.  As6  an  ill-omened 1 8  deity?  with  crooked 9 

Scythe  he  mows  dozen10  the  flowers,  nor 11  spares  the  scent¬ 
ed 12  herbs.  ' 

He  lays  low13  upon  the  ground  [their]  glory?*  and  soils1* 
[their]  forms  in  the  dust, 

So  that16  [their]  beauty11  falls  before  its  day,  perishes  un¬ 
timely .1S 

H e  flits  around 19  hither  and  thither,  with  torpid 30  wings 

He  both  beats 21  the  leaves,  and  lops  away 22  the  opening  buds?3 

No  mercy24  touches  [his]  pitiless36  breast. 

On  the  contrary?6  celestial  hearts  are  influenced?1  and  they 
grieve 

That 29  envious  ruin  should  strew 30  these  fair  things31  upon 
the  earth.33 

Their  parent,  Venus  herself,  weeps,  albeit 33  ill-suited 34  to 
weeping ?5 

That36  [her]  dear  progeny31  perished,  her 38  only  pleasure. 


(4-) 

SPENSER. — (First  Portion.) 
So  forth  issew’d  the  Seasons  of  the  yeare  : 


First,  lusty  Spring,  all 


1.  Teterrimus.  11.  Neque. 

2.  Quotquot.  12.  Odorus. 

3.  Nascor.  13.  Sterno. 

4.  (Est:  first  v.)  14.  Decus. 

5.  Edax.  15.  Fcedo. 

6.  Veluti.  16.  Ut. 

7.  Feralis.  17.  Venustas. 

8.  Numen.  18.  Immaturus. 

9.  Recurvus.  19.  Circumvolito. 

10.  Meto.  20.  Torpens. 


dight  in  leaves  of  flowres, 


21.  Verbero.  30.  Struat. 

22.  Tondeo.  31.  Pulchra. 

23.  Gemmas  hian-  32.  (Plural.) 

tes.  33.  Quamvis. 

24.  Clementia.  34.  Male  aptus. 

25.  Immansuetus.  35.  Fletibus. 

26.  Contra.  36.  Quod. 

27.  Flecto.  37.  Proles. 

28.  Doleo,  38.  Sibi. 

29.  Quod. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


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That  freshly  budded,  and  new  bloosmes  did  beare, 

In  which  a  thousand  birds  had  built  their  bowres, 
That  sweetly  sung  to  call  forth  paramours  ; 

And  in  his  hand  a  javelin  he  did  beare, 

And  on  his  head  (as  fit  for  warlike  stoures) 

A  guilt  engraven  morion  he  did  weare ; 

That  as  some  did  him  love,  so  others  did  him  feare. 

Then  came  the  jolly  Sommer,  being  dight 
In  a  thin  silken  cassock  colored  greene, 

That  was  unlyned  all,  to  be  more  light, 

And  on  his  head  a  girlond  well  boseene 
He  wore,  from  which  as  he  had  chauffed  been, 

The  sweat  did  drop ;  and  in  his  hand  he  bore 
A  bowe  and  shaftes,  as  he  in  forest  greene 
Had  hunted  late  the  libbard  or  the  bore, 

And  now  would  bathe  his  limbes  with  labor  heated  sore* 


Paraphrase. 

After  this 1  the  various  seasons 2  of  the  revolving 3  year 
Came  forth  ;4  to  whom  the  sturdy 5  Spring  with  flower  and  leap 
Was  present  as  leader ,7  and  fostered 8  the  new  buds,  the  new 
germs .9 

Here  [were]  to  birds10  a  home  and  sweet  nests  beneath  the 
covert 11 

Each  with  her  mate 12  united 13  in  song  and  love. 

But  in  the  right  hand  of  Spring  a  missile 14  weapon  quivered1* 
His 16  head,  as  fit11  for  war  and  the  tumults  of  war, 

A  helmet 18  girt,  embossed 19  with  golden 20  figures, 


To  the  end  thaf 1  some 22  might  shun  [him],  as  he  was  sought 23 
by  others .S4 

Behind  followed2*  Summer,  more  mirthful 26  in  countenance  ; 


1.  Hinc. 

2.  Tempestas. 

3.  Revolubilis. 

4.  Provenio. 

5.  Validus. 

6.  Comaque. 

7.  Dux. 


8.  Foveo. 

9.  Germen. 

10.  Avis. 

11.  Tegmen. 

12.  Cum  pare  sua. 

13.  Coibant. 

14.  Tortile. 


15.  Vibrabat. 

16.  Cui. 

17.  Ut  apto. 

18.  Cassis. 

19.  Caelatus. 

20.  Inauratus. 


21.  Quippe  quod. 

22.  Hi. 

23.  Peteretur. 

24.  Ab  iilis. 

25.  Sequebatur. 

26.  Jucundus. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION.  PART  VI. 


As  a  light  burden  from  [his]  shoulders  hung1  a  silken 
garb? 

Not  of  twofold  cloth ,°  but  the  thinnest*  fr  on i  the  Seric  web. 

A  chaplet 6  crowned  [his]  brow,  w  ell  fitted1 3 4 5  with  fair6 7 

Flowers  ;  but  sweat,  as  if  from 9  a  long  contest, 

Trickled 10  from  [his]  head  :n  moreover,  he  carried 12  darts 13 
and  a  bow, 

As  if  he  might  have  returned 14  a  furious 15  conqueror  from  a 
slain  boar,  < 

Or  might  have  pierced 16  on  the  crags 17  a  leopard 18  with  spot¬ 
ted19  body, 

And  now  would  wash 20  [his]  wearied 21  limbs  in  the  running 22 
stream, 

And  seeA23  /us  wonted  strength 24  in  the  waters. 


(5.).  v 

SPENSER. — (Second  Portion.) 

Then  came  the  Autumne,  all  in  yellow  clad, 

As  though  he  joyed  in  his  plentious  store, 

Laden  with  fruits  that  made  him  laugh,  full  glad 
That  he  had  banisht  hunger,  which  tofore 
Had  by  the  belly  oft  him  pinched  sore  : 

Upon  his  head  a  wreath,  that  was  enrold 
With  eares  of  corne  of  every  sort,  he  bore  ; 

And  in  his  hand  a  sickle  he  did  holde, 

To  reape  the  ripened  fruits  the  which  the  earth  had  yold. 


Lastly  came  Winter,  cloathed  all  m  frize, 

Chattering  his  teeth  for  cold  that  did  him  chill ; 
Whilst  on  his  hoary  beard  his  breath  did  freeze, 
And  the  dull  drops,  that  from  his  purpled  bill 


1.  Pendebat.  8.  Decorus. 

2.  Byssina  vestis.  9.  E. 

3.  Duplici  panno.  10.  Mano. 

4.  Tenuis.  11.  Vertex. 

5.  Serum  tela.  12.  Gero. 

6.  Vitta.  13.  Telum. 

7.  Satis  aptus. 


14.  Ut  rediisset. 

15.  Violens. 

16.  Figo. 

17.  Jugum. 

18.  Pardus. 

19.  Maculosus. 


20.  (Ablueret:  next 

verse.) 

21.  Fatigatus. 

22.  Vivus. 

23.  Gtusero. 

24.  Suas  vires. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. — -TART  VI. 


195 


As  from  a  limbeck  did  adown  distill : 

In  his  right  hand  a  tipped  staffe  held, 

With  which  his  feeble  steps  he  stayed  still ; 

For  he  was  faint  with  cold,  and  weak  with  eld; 
That  scarse  his  loosed  limbes  he  hable  was  to  weld. 


Paraphrase. 

Autumn  came  also,  wrapped 1  in  a  yellow  garb,1 2 
Rich  in  treasures 3 4  which  Plenty  had  bestowed  from  [her] 
stored4, 'horn  ; 

He  laughed,  how  that 5  by  means  of6  the  year’s  fruits,1  which 3 
he  had  gathered 9  for  himself, 

He  could  de.spz.se1  “the  craving 11  emptiness'2 of  Famine,  before12 
Overcome 14  by  ^hunger15  gnawing 16  upon 18  [his]  straitened 17 
belly  f8) 

Bearded 19  garlands,  too,  of  ears  of  corn 20  of  every  seed 21  his 
locks 

Encircled  ;  witlra  curved 22  reaping  hook  was  armed 
His  right  hand,  with  which  he  might  mow 23  the  ripened 
harvest  from  the  fields, 

And  whatever 24  bounties 25  Earth,  the  genial 26  parent  of  fruits, 
yields. 

And  fo  him21  succeeded  Winter  last,  unto  whom  a  garment 28 
of  mere  skins,29 

And  shaggy 30  wool,  was  thrown  around 31  the  shoulders 32 
[His]  teeth,  dashed 33  against  [his]  teeth,  chattered 34  from  cold, 
A  rough 39  icicle36  had  hardened31  on  [his]  long38  beard,39 
And  from  [his]  purple  nostril  the  moisture 40  hung  lazily  f 
As 42  the  drop  of  vapor  is  even  forced  out 43  by  the  aid 44  of  flame. 

1.  Velatus.  13.  Olirn.  23.  Demo.  34.  Crepito. 

2.  Amictus.  14.  Domitus.  24.  duotquot  et.  35.  Horridus. 

3.  Opes.  15.  Esuries.  25.  Munus.  36.  Stiria. 

4.  Plenus.  16.  Edaxr^-  26.  Almus.  37.  Durata  est. 

5.  Ut.  17.  Contractus.  27.  Huic.  38.  Prolixus. 

6.  Ob.  18.  (Genitive.)  28.  (Vestis :  next  39.  (Dative.) 

7.  Fruges  hornas.  19.  (Spicea  :  next  verse.)  40.  Humor. 

8.  duot.  verse.)  29.  Pellibus  ipsis.  41.  Segniter. 

9.  Percipio.  20.  Aristarum.  30.  Hirsutus.  42.  dualis. 

10.  Temneret.  21.  duovis  de  semi-  31.  Est  circumdata.  43.  Extrudo. 

11.  Importunus.  ne.  32.  (Dative.)  44.  Ope. 

12.  Jejunia  (plural).  22.  Recurvus.  33.  Illisus. 


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[His]  right  hand  supporting  itself 1 2  bore 2  a  tipped3  staff,4. 5 

To  direct 5  the  tracks  of  his  tremulous  foot  f 

[His]  strength  being  wasted 7  alike 8  with  both  age 9  and  cold,10 

[His]  legs  were  unable11  to  bear 12  his  wearied  body. 


(6.) 

P.  FLETCHER. 

Next  Pharmakeus,  of  gashly,  wild  aspect ; 

Whom  Hell  with  seeming  fear,  and  fiends  obey : 

Full  eas’ly  would  he  know  each  past  effect, 

And  things  to  come  with  double  guess  foresay, 

By  slain  beasts’  entrails  and  fowls’  marked  flight ; 

Thereto  he  tempests  rais’d  by  many  a  spright, 

And  charm’d  the  sun  and  moon,  and  chang’d  the  day  and 
night. 

Lo  !  when  the  south  (dipping  his  sablest  wings 
In  hurried  ocean)  sweeps  with’s  dropping  beard 
Th’  air,  earth,  and  seas  ;  his  lips’  loud  thunderings 
And  flashing  eyes  make  all  the  world  afeard  : 

Light  with  dark  clouds,  waters  with  fires  are  met ; 

The  sun  but  now  is  rising,  now  is  set ; 

And  finds  west  shades  in  east,  and  seas  in  airs  all  wet. 


Paraphrase. 

>  t 

The  Magician 13  now  comes  ora,14  scowling 15  and  with  ill-omen¬ 
ed 16  look, 

Whom  even  ghosts 17  obey,  whom  dire  Tartarus 18  fears. 

As  an  augur 19  supreme  in  art,  he  could  know 20  the  issue  of 
the  past, 

And  with  ambiguous  mouth  could  foretell21  the  future, 


1.  Scse  subnixa. 

2.  (Gessit :  next 

verse.) 

3.  Coronatus. 

4.  Bacillus. 

5.  Quo  regerot. 


6.  Planta. 

7.  Absumptus. 

8.  Pariter. 

9.  Senioque. 

10.  Gelu. 

11.  Nequibant. 


12.  Suffero. 

13.  Magus. 

14.  Ingredior. 

15.  Torvus. 

16.  Sinister. 

17.  Vel  spectra. 


18.  Tartara  (plur.). 

19.  (Augur:  next 

verse.) 

20.  Calleret. 

21.  Pnediceret. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


197 


Lnd  could  direct 1  the  course 2  of  the  Sun,  and  the  labor  of 
the  Moon, 

p'ould  change 3  day  into  nighty  or  darkness  into  light* 

’hus  the  South,* * 3 4 5 6 *  when  it  has  plunged 7  its  murky 9  wings  in 
ocean’s  L  . 

leaves,  as  with  drooping 9  beard  it  sweeps10  the  sea,  and  air, 
nd  earth 11  at  once  ;12  fierce13  thunderbolts  roll  from1*  [his] 
lips, 

nd  the  lights' 8  emitted  from  [his]  eyes  strike 16  terror. 

> lack 17  clouds  are  mingled  with  white,  and  waters  with 
fires ; 

t  ' 

'he  sun  now  rises ,18  now  sets  in  [its]  very  rising ; 

[e  finds10  Western 20  shades  in  Eastern 21  regions ,22 
.nd  finds  the  seas  floating™  in  the  midst  of  the  winds. 


(7-) 

HABINGTON.- 

Where  am  1  ? — not  in  Heaven ;  for,  oh  !  I  feele 
The  stone  of  Sisyphus,  Ixion’s  wheele  ; 

And  all  those  tortures,  poets  (by  their  wine 
Made  judges)  laid  on  Tantalus,  are  mine. 

Nor  yet  am  I  in  hell ;  for  still  I  stand, 

Though  giddy  in  my  passion,  on  firme  land. 

And  still  behold  the  seasons  of  the  yeare, 
Springs  in  my  hope,  and  Winters  in  my  feare. 
And  sure  I’m  ’bove  the  earth,  for  th’  highest  star 
Shoots  beames,  but  dim,  to  what  Castara’s  are  ; 
And  in  her  sight  and  favor  I  e’en  shine 
In  a  bright  orbe  beyond  the  cristalline. 

If  then,  Castara,  I  in  heaven  nor  move, 

Nor  earth,  nor  hell ;  where  am  I  but  in  Love  ? 

.1.  Regeret.  7.  Ubi  merserit. 

:.2.  (Plural.)  8.  Niger. 

3.  Permuto.  9.  Pronus. 

4.  (Ablative.)  10.  Verro. 

5.  (Ablative.)  11.  (Plural.) 

6.  Notus.  12.  Simul. 

R  2 


13.  Ferus. 

14.  E. 

15.  Lumen. 

16.  Incutio. 

17.  Ater. 

18.  Est  oriens. 


19.  Invenio. 

20.  Hesperius. 

21.  Eous. 

22.  Pars. 

23.  Fluito. 


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PART  VI. 


[His]  right  hand  supporting  itself 1 2  bore 2  a  tipped 3 4 5  staff* 

To  direct 5  the  tracks  of  his  tremulous  footf 

[His]  strength  being  wasted 7  alike 8  with  age9  and  coZdf,3 

[His]  legs  were  unable11  to  bear 12  his  wearied  body. 


(6.) 

P.  FLETCHER. 

Next  Pharmakeus,  of  gashly,  wild  aspect ; 

Whom  Hell  with  seeming  fear,  and  fiends  obey : 

Full  eas’ly  would  he  know  each  past  effect, 

And  things  to  come  with  double  guess  foresay, 

By  slain  beasts’  entrails  and  fowls’  marked  flight ; 
Thereto  he  tempests  rais’d  by  many  a  spright, 

And  charm’d  the  sun  and  moon,  and  chang’d  the  day  an 
night. 

>.  j  t  • 

Lo  !  when  the  south  (dipping  his  sablest  wings 
In  hurried  ocean)  sweeps  with’s  dropping  beard 
Th’  air,  earth,  and  seas  ;  his  lips’  loud  thunderings 
And  flashing  eyes  make  all  the  world  afeard  : 

Light  with  dark  clouds,  waters  with  fires  are  met ; 

The  sun  but  now  is  rising,  now  is  set ; 

And  finds  west  shades  in  east,  and  seas  in  airs  all  wet. 


Paraphrase. 

The  Magician 13  now  comes  on,1*  scowling lb  and  with  ill-omen 
ed16  look, 

Whom  even  ghosts 17  obey,  whom  dire  Tartarus 18  fears. 

As  an  augur ,19  supreme  in  art,  he  could  know 20  the  issue  o 
the  past, 

And  with  ambiguous  mouth  could  for etelP1  the  future, 


1.  Sese  subnixa. 

2.  (Gessit:  next 

verse.) 

3.  Coronatus. 

4.  Bacillus. 

5.  Quo  regeret. 


6.  Planta. 

7.  Absumptus. 

8.  Pariter. 

9.  Senioque. 

10.  Gelu. 

11.  Nequibant. 


12.  Suffero. 

13.  Magus. 

14.  Ingredior. 

15.  Torvus. 

16.  Sinister. 

17.  Vel  spectra. 


18.  Tartara  (plur.). 

19.  (Augur:  next 

verse.) 

20.  Calleret. 

21.  Pradiceret. 


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And  could  direct 1  the  course 2  of  the  Sun,  and  the  labor  of 
the  Moon, 

Could  change 3  day  into  nighty  or  darkness  into  light.1 2 3 4 5 

Thus  the  South,6 *  when  it  has  plunged 7  its  murky 8  wings  in 
ocean’s 

Waves,  as  with  drooping 9  beard  it  sweeps 10  the  sea,  and  air, 

And  earth 11  at  once  ;12  fierce 13  thunderbolts  roll  from141  [his] 
lips, 

And  the  lights 15  emitted  from  [his]  eyes  strike 16  terror. 

Black 17  clouds  are  mingled  with  white,  and  waters  with 
fires ; 

The  sun  now  rises ,18  now  sets  in  [its]  very  rising ; 

He  finds19  Western 20  shades  in  Eastern 21  regions,™ 

And  finds  the  seas  floating™  in  the  midst  of  the  winds. 


(?•) 

HABINGTON.- 

.  Where  am  1  ? — not  in  Heaven ;  for,  oh  !  I  feele 
The  stone  of  Sisyphus,  Ixion’s  wheele  ; 

And  all  those  tortures,  poets  (by  their  wine 
Made  judges)  laid  on  Tantalus,  are  mine. 

Nor  yet  am  I  in  hell ;  for  still  I  stand, 

Though  giddy  in  my  passion,  on  firme  land. 

And  still  behold  the  seasons  of  the  yeare, 

Springs  in  my  hope,  and  Winters  in  my  feare. 
And  sure  I’m  ’bove  the  earth,  for  th’  highest  star 
Shoots  beames,  but  dim,  to  what  Castara’s  are  ; 
And  in  her  sight  and  favor  I  e’en  shine 
In  a  bright  orbe  beyond  the  cristalline. 

If  then,  Castara,  I  in  heaven  nor  move, 

Nor  earth,  nor  hell ;  where  am  I  but  in  Love  ? 

1.  Regeret.  7.  Ubi  merserit.  13.  Ferus.  19.  Invenio. 

2.  (Plural.)  8.  Niger.  14.  E.  20.  Hesperius. 

3.  Permuto.  9.  Pronus.  15.  Lumen.  21.  Eous. 

4.  (Ablative.)  10.  Verro.  16.  Incutio.  22.  Pars. 

5.  (Ablative.)  11.  (Plural.)  17.  Ater.  23.  Fluito. 

6.  Notus.  12.  Simul.  18.  Est  oriens. 

R  2 


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Paraphrase. 

Oh  where 1 2  am  I  ?  not  in  Heaven  ;  for  I  am  tortured 2  within, 

As  Sisyphus  with  [his]  stone,  or3  IxTon  on4 5  [his]  revolving (3) 
wheel  ;a 

Or  as  many  torments 6 7  as  Tantalus 1  endured 8  in  the  midst 9  of 
the  waters 

^  .  v.  '  -  -  A  •  t  *  '  ,  ’ 

(Believe  the  wine-loving  poets10),  I  have  undergone  in  mind. 

I  inhabit  not  the  darkness  of  Erebus,  but  am  detained 11  a 
stranger  on  the  solid 12  earth,13 

Though 14  drunken 15  with  delightful10  passion,11 

And  I  discern 18  the  various  vicissitudes 19  of  the  recurring 20 
year, 

And  I  recognize  the  hopes  of  Spring,  and  the  fears  of 
Winter  31 

But  surely 22  I  am  withdrawn  above23  the  earth  ;  for  the 
highest  stars 

Send  forth  lesser  tires  than- [those]  which  Castdra  [does]. 

While  I  enjoy  the  sight 24  and  the  influence 25  of  Castara,  in 
an  orbit 26 

I  shine,21  such  as 28  not  [even]  the  crystalline 29  region30  can 
surpass.31 

Therefore,  where  am  I  ? — if  not  in  Heaven  32  or  in  the  depth 33 
of  Erebus, 

If  not  on  earth,34,  where  am  I,  unless  plunged 35  in  Love  ? 


(8.) 

MILTON. 

This  having  learn’d,  thou  hast  attain’d  the  sum 
Of  wisdom;  hope  no  higher,  though  alb  the  stars 


1.  Ubi.  9.  (In  mediis :  next  16.  Dulcis. 

2.  Torqueor.  vefse.)  17.  Ignis. 

3.  VersoVe.  10.  (Vinosis  crede  18.  Discerno. 

4.  In.  poetis:  prevv.)19.  Vices. 

5.  Orbis.  11.  (Next  verse.)  20.  Revolubilis. 

6.  (Cruciatus :  next  12.  (Solid®:  next  21.  Bruma. 

verse.)  verse.)  22.  Cei'te. 

7.  (Tantalus :  next  13.  Telluris.  23.  Subtrahor. 

verse.)  14.  Licet.  24.  Aspectus.- 

8.  Subeo.  15.  Ebrius.  25.  Numen. 


26.  Orbis. 

27.  Eniteo. 

28.  Quantum. 

29.  Crystallinus. 

30.  Plaga. 

31.  Vincat. 

32.  (Plural.) 

33.  Profundo. 

34.  In  terris. 

35.  Mersus. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - FART  VI. 


199 


Thou  knew’st  by  name,  and  all  the  ethereal  powers, 
All  secrets  of  the  deep,  all  nature’s  works, 

Or  works  of  God  in  heaven,  air,  earth,  or  sea, 

And  all  the  riches  of  this  world  enjoy’dst, 

And  all  the  rule,  one  empire  ;  only  add 
Deeds  to  thy  knowledge  answerable  ;  add  faith, 

Add  virtue,  patience,  temperance  ;  add  love, 

By  name  to  come  call’d  Charity,  the  soul 
Of  all  the  rest  :  then  wilt  thou  not  be  loth 
To  leave. this  Paradise,  but.  shall  possess 
A  paradise  within  thee,  happier  far. 


Paraphrase. 

Thus  far 1  informed 2  there  is  not  [any]  greater  wisdom 

Which  you  can  learn  ;3  hope  nol 4  beyond  [it].  All  the  stars 

You  may  be  able5  to  enumerate ,6  as  many  powers  as 7  rule  in 
the  sky  ; 

You  may  penetrate  also  the  wonders 8  of  nature,  the  mysteries 9 
of  the  deep  ;10 

Whatever11  God  has  created 12  in  the  heaven,  or  firma¬ 

ment13  beneath 14  the  heaven, 

Through  the  sea,  through  the  earth,15  and  in  every  world  :16 

If  the  .sole  power  of  the  whole  universe  were  yours  f 

If,  whatever 18  riches  the  earth  may  possess,19  it  bestow 20  on 
you  alone  ; 

Yet  there  is  a  better  art,  and  greater  skill  ;21  in  [your]  deeds 

And  mind  equal 22  [your]  fortune.  Let  Patience  gather 
strength,23 

Let  [your]  faith  shine  forth211  more  firm?*  and  [your]  virtue 
more  increased  ; 


Apply26  a  curb2''  to  depraved  desires  and  senses. 


1.  Hactenus. 

2.  Edoctus. 

3.  Discas. 

4.  Ne  speres. 

5.  Queo, 
fi.  Enarro. 

7.  Quot  numina. 


8.  Miraque.  14.  Subter. 

9.  Arcana.  15.  (Plural.) 

10.  Profundum.  16.  Orbis. 

11.  Quid.  17.  Tua  sit. 

12.  (Creaverit  r  next  18.  Quot. 

,  verse.)  19.  Habeo. 

13.  AS  thru.  20.  Deferat. 


21.  Peritia. 

22.  Alques. 

23.  Cresco. 

24.  Nitesco. 

25.  Firmus  magis 
2G.  Addas. 

27.  (Plural.) 


200  LATIN  VERSIFICATION.-— PART  VI. 

Nor  let  that1 2  love  be  wanting  unto  you,  which  [is]  charity 
to  all? 

Which  believes  that  nothing  belonging  to  man 3 4 5  does  not  be¬ 
longs  to  itself.  ' 

Hence  you  will  depart*  from6  Elysium  not  unwilling, 

For  you  will  have  Elysium,  how  much 7  more  happy?  within. 


(9.) 

MILTON. 

With  what  delight  could  I  have  walk’d  thee  round, 

If  I  could  joy  in  aught,  sweet  interchange 
Of  hill  and  valley,  rivers,  woods,  and  plains, 

Now  land,  now  sea,  and  shores  with  forest  crown’d, 
Rocks,  dens,  and  caves  !  But  I  in  none  of  these 
Find  piece  or  refuge  ;  and  the  more  I  see 
Pleasures  about  me,  so  much  more  I  feel 
Torment  within  me,  as  from  the  hateful  siege 
Of  contraries  :  all  good  to  me  becomes 
Bane,  and  in  heaven  much  worse  would  be  my  state. 
But  neither  here  seek  I,  no,  nor  in  heaven 
To  dwell,  unless  by  mastering  Heaven’s  Supreme. 

Paraphrase. 

Oh  how 9  I  should  rejoice,  if  there  could  be10  any  pleasure  to 
me 

To  wander  on  the  earth?1  where,  by  a  pleasing  vicissitude ,19 
are  interchanged 13 

Both  valleys  and  hills,  rivers ?i  and  fields?*  and  grove, 

Now  sea,  now  land?6  and 17  shores  clothedQ1)  with  woods, 
Rocks,  caverned  coverts ?8  and  dark 19  hiding-places 20 
But  it  is  not  granted  to  me  to  rest2 1  among  these  ;22  no  where 


1*  Iste.  6.  Ex.  12.  Vice  arnica.  18.  Cavernosae  late- 

2.  Qui  carus  in  7.  Quanto.  13.  Muto.  brae. 

omnes.  8.  Felicius.  14.  Rivus.  19.  Caecus. 

3.  Humanus.  9..  Quam.  15.  Campus.  20.  Recessus. 

4.  Non  interfore.  10.  Foret.  16.  Tellus.  21.  Requiesco. 

5.  Abeo.  11.  (Plural.)  17.  Vestitaque.  22.  Haec  inter. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI.  201 

Remains 1  a  refuge  :1 2  the 3 4 5 6  more 4  joys  are  revealed 5  around  to 
[my]  wretched  eyes, 

T/ie  worse 6  am  I  inwardly  tormented ,7 

^4.5  if  always 8  beleaguered?  by  opposites.  If  good-  things 
arise,™ 

They  are  turned  into  evil  :n  in  Heaven 12  [my]  lot  would  be 
N  more  miserable .13 

/u  would  not,  however ,(14)  desire 15  to  dwell  on  earth,™  nor  m 
heaven 17  itself, 

Unless  I  could  conquer  the  Lord  of  Heaven. 


(10.) 

PRIOR. 

What  is  our  bliss,  that  changeth  with  the  moon  ? 
And  day  of  life,  that  darkens  ere  ’tis  noon  ? 

What  is  true  passion,  if  unbless’d  it  dies  ? 

And  where  is  Emma’s  joy  if  Henry  flies  ? 

If  love,  alas  !  be  pain,  the  pain  I  bear 
No  thought  can  figure,  and  no  tongue  declare. 

Ne’er  faithful  woman  felt,  nor  false  one  feign’d, 

The  flames  which  long  have  in  my  bosom  reign’d  : 
The  god  of  love  himself  inhabits  there, 

With  all  his  rage,  and  dread,  and  grief,  and  care, 
His  complement  of  stores,  and  total  war. 


Paraphrase. 

What  can  [our]  joys 18  avail,™  changed 20  with  the  changing 21 
labor  of  the  moon  ? 

[Our]  light  of  life  darkens 22  even23  in  mid  orb. 

What  can  ardor 24  avail,  if  it  perishes 25  without  enjoyment  ?2G 


Or  where  can  there  be 27  pleasure  to  us,  our 28  [dear  one]  flying? 


1.  Resto.  9.  Obsessus. 

2.  Effugium.  10.  Fiunt. 

3.  Quo.  11.  Mala. 

4.  (Plura:  next  v.)  12.  (Genitive.) 

5.  Patent :  next  v.  13.  Tristis. 

6.  Pejus  sic.  14.  Ast  ego. 

7.  Torqueor.  15.  Volo. 

8  Semper  ut.  1G.  (Plural.) 


17.  (In  ccelo :  next  22.  Nigresco. 

verse.)  23.  Vel. 

18.  (Gaudia:  next  24.  Ardor. 

verse.)  25.  JDeperit. 

19.  Valeo.  26.  Nullo  usu. 

20.  Variatus.  27.  Sit. 

21.  Varius.  28-  Nostro. 


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There  is  fain1  in  Love ;  nay ,2 1  my  seif3  am  tortured 4  with  pains, 
Such  as5  the  mind  could  not  conceive,  nor  the  tongue  relate .8 
Perfidious  [nymph]  has  not  feigned,1  faithful  nymph  has  not 
fdf  ; 

Such  flames  as9  have  glowed 10  long 11  lurking 12  beneath  my 
heart. 

The  cruel 13  god  of  love,  Cupid  himself,  reigns  there  ; 

There  terror  and  rage  are  rife ,14  and  cares,  and  wiles, 

And  the  various  deceits 15  of  [his]  divinity,  and  eternal  wars. 


(no 

PRIOR. 

“  Father  of  Heaven !”  I  said,  “  and  Judge  of  Earth  ! 
Whose  word  call’d  forth  this  universe  to  birth ; 

By  whose  kind  power  and  influencing  care 
The  various  creatures  move,  and  live,  and  are  ; 

But  ceasing  once  that  care,  withdrawn  that  power, 

They  move  (alas  !),  and  live,  and  are  no  more : 
Omniscient  master,  omnipresent  King, 

To  thee,  to  thee,  my  last  distress  I  bring. 

Thou,  that  canst  still  the  raging  of  the  seas, 

Chain  up  the  winds,  and  bid  the  tempests  cease  ! 
Redeem  my  shipwreck’d  soul  from  raging  gusts 
Of  cruel  passion  and  deceitful  lusts  : 

r  v 

From  storms  of  rage,  and  dangerous  rocks  of  pride 
Let  thy  strong  hand  this  little  vessel  guide 
(It  was  thy  hand  that  made  it)  through  the  tide 
Impetuous  of  this  life  :  let  thy  command 
Direct  my  course,  and  bring  me  safe  to  land  !” 

Paraphrase. 

Supreme 16  Father  of  Heaven,  only 17  Judge  throughout  the 
earth  f 

1.  Dolor.  C.  Referret.  11.  Diu.  15.  Fraudes. 

2.  Q,uin.  7.  Fingo.  12.  Lateo.  16.  Summus. 

3.  Ipsa.  8.  Sentio.  13.  Ssevus.  17.  Unicus. 

4.  Angor.  9.  Quee  flammee.  '14.  Viget.  18.  (Plurali 

5.  Quantos.  10.  Caleo.  -  .  V  ; 


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203 


Thy  voice  set  Jinn1  the  rising 2  world  in  [its]  beginning* 
For  in  thy  care*  and  safe  in  [thy]  provident5  power,6 
All  things  living 1  both  are,  and  live,  and  move. 

If  [that]  care  fail,6  [that]  watchf  ul  providence 9  be  wanting, 
They  are  not,  not  motion,  not  life  is  unto  them  longer.16 
[Thou]  who  knowest11  all  things  as  Lord,12  present  every 
where 13  as  king,1* 

Lo  to  thee,  harassed 15  by  sorrow,  to  thee  alone 16  am  I 
borne.17 

Thou  art  able  to  set  at  rest16  the  chasing 19  courses  of  the 


waters, 

Thou  givest  fetters26  to  the  winds,  and  the  roaring21  tempests 
Bendest  under  [thy]  sway,22  and  the  struggling 23  contests2*  of 
Heaven. 

y  \  v 

Mayest  thou  redeem  [my]  shattered 25  soul,  whether 26  the  tide 

■*  / 

of  love 

Bear  it  away21  unsteady  26  or  the  wandering 29  of  wretched  lust  ;Z6 
Whether  the  fury 31  of  envy  rage  22  and  the  storm 33  of  wrath, 
Whether  pride  hold  out?*  rocks  and  hidden 35  crags  ;36 
[My ~\  frail?7  bark?6  without 39  rudder,*6  without*1  cable,*2 
May  thy  right  hand,**  for  it  formed  it,  protect?*'  amid  the 
waters. 

Through  the  shoals,  through  the  quicksands 45  of  life,  and  the 
miserable  tumults 

Of  the  mind,  mayest  thorn  bear*6  [it]  ;  may  [my]  vessel?7 
safe,*6  thou  being  pilot,*9 

Keep  on 50  [her]  course  ;(50)  and,  preserved ,51  gain 52  the  wish- 
ed-for  shore?3 


1.  Stabilio.  15. 

2.  Nascens.  16. 

3.  Origo.  17. 

4.  Cura  quippe  tua.  18. 

5.  Prudens.  19. 

6.  Numen.  20. 

7.  Animalia.  21. 

8.  Deficio.  22. 

9.  Vigil  prudentia.  23. 

10.  Amplius.  24. 

11.  Calles.  25. 

12.  Dominus.  26. 

13.  Undique.  27. 

14.  Rex.  28. 


Vexatus. 

Unus. 

Deferor. 

Paco. . 

Sequax. 

'Vinculum. 

Sonorus. 

Flectis  imperio. 

Luctans. 

Praelium. 

Q.uassatus. 

Sive. 

Aufero. 

Incertus. 


29.  Error. 

30.  Cupido. 

31.  Rabies. 

32.  Fremo. 

33.  Procella. 

34.  Intento. 

35.  Caecus. 

36.  Scopulus. 

37.  Fragilis. 

38.  Phaselus. 

39.  Absque. 

40.  Gubernaclum. 

41.  Sine. 


42.  Funis. 

43.  Dextra  Tui. 

44.  Tueor. 

45.  Syrtis. 

46.  Ago. 

47.  (Navis:  next  v.) 

48.  Tutus. 

49.  Magister. 

50.  (Cursum  servet: 

previous  verse.) 

51.  Sospes. 

52.  Potior. 

53.  Arena. 


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(12.) 

PSALM  XCVIII. 

O  sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song ;  for  he  hath  done  mar¬ 
vellous  things  :  his  right  hand  and  his  holy  arm  hath  gotten 
him  the  victory. 

The  Lord  hath  made  known  his  salvation  :  his  righteous¬ 
ness  hath  he  openly  showed  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen. 

He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and  truth  toward  the 
house  of  Israel ;  and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen 
the  salvation  of  our  God. 

Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth ;  make 
a  loud  noise,  and  rejoice,  and  sing  praise. 

Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  harp  ;  with  the  harp,  and  the 
voice  of  a  psalm. 

With  trumpets,  and  sound  of  cornet,  make  a  joyful  noise 
before  the  Lord  the  King. 

Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fullness  .thereof ;  the  world,  and 
they  that  dwell  therein. 

Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands  :  let  the  hills  be  joyful 
together  before  the  Lord ;  for  he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth  : 
with  righteousness  shall  he  judge  the  world,  and  the  people 
with  equity. 

Paraphrase. 

Let  Jehovah  be  celebrated  with  praise  unheard  before,1 2 
Let  the  grateful  earth  sing  of  [its]  Creator :  all  wonders 3 
He  doeth  ;3  his  own  strength ,4  and  [his]  right  hand  the 
triumph 

Hath  gained .5  Lo,  he  hath  shown  forth 6  [his]  salvation 7  in 
the  whole  world ; 8 

Himself  holy 9  to  the  unbelievers 10  himself  just  to  the  im- 
righteous 11  has  he  shown.12 

His  own  people 13  now  knows 14  that  ever  of  truth 15  and  equity 18 

1.  Non  prius  audita.  5.  Rettulit.  9.  Sanctus.  13.  Gens  sua. 

2.  Mira.  6.  Monstro.  10.  Infidus.  14.  Novi. 

3.  Ille  facit.  7.  Salus.  11.  Iniquus.  "  15.  Verum. 

4.  Proprue  vires.  8.  Orbis.  12.  Ostendo.  1(5.  ASquura. 


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And  [his]  promise  God  is  mindful  ;x  and  in  all  lands1 2  3 

The  alien  people3  sees  how  great  salvation,  if  He  himself 
wills  it ? 

He  can  effect,  what  great  strength?  he  can  give  to  [his]  he - 
loved  nation? 

Therefore,  let  the  sound  of  gladness1 5  arise9  over  all 9 

Lands ;  let  them  testify  their  love  to  God  with  a  grateful 

i 

voice : 

, ' 

And  let  the  harps  resound,  let  the  hymn  respond 10  to  the 
harps  : 

Let  the  horns  mingled 11  with  the  trumpet 13  celebrate  the  ever¬ 
lasting13  king. 

Let  the  seaf  and  whatever  tribe 15  floats  upon16  the  water11 
of  the  sea  ;18 

Let  the  world  f  and  wherever so  in  the  extended 21  world  men 
dwell33 

Shout  loudly  33  and  let  the  waves  roarfl and  the  hills  re-echo;33 

For 26  the  Lord  is  coming  to  judge31  all  lands  ; 

God  himself  is  coming39  to 29  give 30  mild31  laws33  to  the  various 
nations, 

And  restrain 33  the  people 34  under  [his]  equal  rule?6 7 8 


(13.) 

GRAY. 


Man’s  feeble  race  what  ills  await ! 


Labor  and  Penury,  the  racks  of  Pain, 

Disease,  and  Sorrow’s  weeping  train, 

And  Death,  sad  refuge  from  the  storms  of  Fate  ! 
The  fond  complaint  my  song  disprove, 

And  justify  the  laws  of  Jove. 


1.  Memor.  10.  Respondeo. 

2.  Ora.  11.  Mistus. 

3.  Gens  aliena.  12.  Tuba. 

4.  Velit  ipse.  13.  Aeternus. 

5.  Robur.  14.  iEquor. 

6.  Populus  amatus.  15.  Genus. 

7.  Laetitia.  16.  Innato. 

8.  Exorior.  17.  (Ablative.) 

9.  In  omnes.  18.  AHquoreus. 


19.  Orbis.  27.  Ut  judicet. 

20.  Quacunque.  28.  Advenio. 

21.  Extentus.  29.  Ut. 

22.  Habitatur  (im-  30.  (Det :  next  v.) 

pers.).  31.  Almus. 

23.  Adfremo.  32.  (Jura:  nextv.) 

24.  Reboo.  33.  Coerceo. 

25.  Resulto.  34.  (Plural.) 

26.  Quippe.  35.  Lex  aequus. 

s 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


Say,  has  He  given  in  vain  the  heavenly  Muse  ? 

Night  and  all  her  sickly  dews, 

Her  spectres  wan,  and  birds  of  boding  cry, 

He  gives  to  range  the  dreary  sky : 

Till  down  the  eastern  cliffs  afar 

Hyperion’s  march  they  spy,  and  glittering  shafts  of  war. 

In  climes  beyond  the  solar  road, 

Where  shaggy  forms  o’er  ice-built  mountains  roam, 

The  Muse  has  broke  the  twilight  gloom 
To  cheer  the  shivering  native’s  dull  abode. 


Paraphrase. 

.v  *  .  /b 

What  miseries 1  destiny 2  attaches 3  to  wretched  mortals ! 
Poverty *  - 

And  Toil  harass 5  [them]  ;  the  anguish  of  a  tortured 6  body, 

Jhvf  Sorrow ,7  with  [her]  mourning  train*  comes  on  ;  a  sickly 
troop 9  •  . 

Of  diseases,  and  Death,  the  companion  of  diseases,10  sits  by11 
[them]  ; 

The  undeserved  blows 12  of  Fortune,  the  cares  [of  lif e],who 
alone  can  soften  ! 13 

But  let  [my]  verse1*  prove15  these  things  false  [these]  com 
plaints  vain16 

And  vindicate  the  deity,  and  the  just17  laws  of  the  deity. 

Whether  has1*  that  God  given(js)  the  Muse19  from  heaven 20 
in  vain  ?  .  '  \ 

If  night  broods  upon  the  earth  f  if  in  the  night  vapours 

Of  pestilential  influence 22  riso,  when  birds 23  with  ill-omened 
cry 24  through  the  air,25 

And  spectres  strangely  pale 25  he  has  allowed 27 


1.  Q.uot  mala. 

2.  Sors. 

3.  Addo. 

4.  Egestas. 

5.  Exercet. 

6.  Cruciatus. 

7.  Moeror. 


8.  Pullatoque  choro.  14.  Carmen 


9.  A2gra  caterva.  15.  Ostendo. 

10.  Morbis.  16.  Inanis. 

11.  Adsideo.  17.  A3quus. 

12.  (Ictus:  previous  18.  Dederit. 

verse.)  19.  Camena. 

13.  Quae  mitiget  20.  Coelitus. 

21.  Interns. 

22.  Pestiferi. 


una. 


23.  (Cum  volucres : 

next  verse.) 

24.  Obscaena  voce. 

25.  Auras  (plur.). 

26.  Modis  pallentia 

miris. 

27.  (Dedit :  next  v.) 


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207 


To  be  borne  hither  and  thither,  and  to  sport  upon 1  the 
winds  ;1 2 

Until  they  see3 4 5  Hyperion 4  girt  with  beams 
Pass  along 5  the  Eastern  cliffs,6 7  andThreaten  war  V 
Thus,  in  the  lands  which 8  the  course 9  of  the  Sun  knows  not 
to  approach ,10 

Where  shaggy 11  forms  wander  on  the  icy 12  mountains, 

The'  Muse  is  able 13  to  cast 14  a  light  wpow  the  shades 15  of  the 
doubtful  night, 

And  to  bear  comfort 16  to  the  settlers*1  blocked  upls  with  cold.19 


(1U) 

AKENSIDE. 

4 

The  Muses  (sacred  by  their  gifts  divine) 

In  early  days  did  to  my  wondering  sense 
Their  secrets  oft  reveal :  oft  my  raised  ear 
In  slumber  felt  their  music  :  oft  at  noon, 

Or  hour  of  sunset,  by  some  lonely  stream, 

In  field,  or  shady  grove,  they  taught  me  words 
Of  power,  from  death  and  envy  to  preserve 
The  good  man’s  name.  Whence  yet  with  grateful  mind, 
And  offerings  unprofaned  by  ruder  eye, 

My  vows  I  send,  my  homage,  to  the  seats 
Of  rocky  Cirrha,  where  with  you  they  dwell. 

*  w  .  *  "V  *  , 

Paraphrase. 

Oft,  while  the  happier 20  hour  of  youth  smiled, 

The  Muses,  to  [my]  astonished  senses,  [their]  secrets 21  to 
disclose 22 

(The  Pierian 23  Muses,  hallowed 24  by 25  [their]  divine  gifts), 


1.  Colludere. 

2.  (Ablative.) 

3.  Prospicio. 

4.  Hyperion  a. 

5.  Ire  per. 

6.  Cautes. 

7.  (Plural.) 


8.  Ouibus  in 

9.  Via. 

10.  Adeo. 

11.  Horrens. 

12.  Glaciatis. 

13.  Valet. 


14.  Dare. 

15.  In  umbras. 

16.  Solatia. 

17.  Colonus. 

18.  Obstrictus. 

19.  Gelu. 


20.  Laetior. 

21.  Arcana. 

22.  Recludo. 

23.  Plenties. 

24.  Sacer. 

25.  Ob. 


208  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 

Did 1  not  disdain .(*)  They  instilled1  2 3  into 3  [my]  aroused 4 
ears, 

TFAeweuer5 6  the  night  was  silent, 

A  sweet,  melody,  ai  mid-day ,7  or  late  evening, 

I?y8  the  sedgy9  brink10  of  the  retired 11  stream, 

Or  through  the  waving 12  fields,  and  coverts 13  of  the  grove, 
They  urged 14  upon  me 15  expressions ,16  words,  mystical 
words, 

Which  could  drive  away 17  the  power 18  of  death  and  envy, 
Nor  suffer19  an  honorable  name  to  reap  oblivion90 
Hence  to  the  rocks 21  of  Cirrha  1  bear  in  return 22  the  humble 
offerings 23  of  a  grateful 
Mind,  as  yet  unviolated 24  by  profane  eyes ; 

In  Cirrha’s  rocks  is  the  Muses 525  seat  arad  yours90 


(15.) 

THE  LAY  OF  THE  LAST  MINSTREL.— Scott. 

The  way  was  long,  the  wind  was  cold, 

The  minstrel  was  infirm  and  old  ; 

His  wither’d  cheek,  and  tresses  gray, 

Seem’d  to  have  known  a  better  day ; 

The  harp,  his  sole  remaining  joy, 

Was  carried  by  an  orphan  boy. 

The  last  of  all  the  bards  was  he, 

Who  sung  of  Border  chivalry. 

For,  well  a  day !  their  date  was  fled, 

His  tuneful  brethren  all  were  dead, 

■s 

And  he,  neglected  and  oppress’d, 

Wish’d  to  be  with  them,  and  at  rest. 


1.  Fastidibant.  8.  Propter. 

2.  Instillavere.  9.  Arundineus. 

3.  Per.  10.  Ora. 

4.  (Arrectas:  next  11.  Secretus. 

verse.)  12.  Undans. 

5.  Quando.  13.  Recessus. 

6.  Intempesta.  14.  Suaserunt. 

7.  Mediaque  die. 


15.  (Dative.)  21.  Rupes. 

16.  Vox.  22.  Refero. 

17.  Depellero  pos-  23.  Munuscula. 

sent.  24.  Nunquam  teme 

18.  Vis.  rata. 

19.  Sinerent.  25.  Musis. 

20.  Carpere  oblivia.  2G.  Vestraque. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


209 


Paraphrase. 

The  blasts1  of  the  wind2  roared,  the  weary 3 4  length 4  of  [his] 
journey 5  .  > 

The  minstrel 6  saiv  before  him,1  who,  weak 8  with  years, 
With  worn-out2 9  strength,  scarcely 10  moved 11  [his]  limbs  on¬ 
ward.12 

V  < 

And 13  [his]  withered (13)  cheeks,  and  the  gray 14  locks  upon 15 
[his]  forehead, 

Told  what 16  [his]  former11  fortune  [was]  ;  iAaZ18  of  old 
It  had  not  been  so,  if  now  [he  fares]  ill.12  [His]  harp 20 
which  as  [his]  sole  pleasure, 

As  [his]  only  comfort 21  remained22  an  orphan 23 
Boy  carried  f  a  hallowed 25  burden.  He,  as  the  last26 
Of21  the  old26  bards,  had  sung 29  of  arms  and  warriors66 
With  what 31  wounds,  with  what 32  valour,  waged 
The  border  nations 33  the  conflicts  of  [their]  social  war. 

The  happy  days  were  gone ,34  dead  were 35  the  tuneful 36 
Brethren.  77e,S7  left  a  solitary 38  old  man  without  honor, 
Wishes  to  be  united 39  to  [his]  brethren  in  the  res£40  of  the 
tomb?1 


(16.) 

THE  LAY  OF  THE  LAST  MINSTKEL.— Scott. 


No  more,  on  prancing  palfrey  borne, 
He  caroll’d,  light  as  lark  at  morn ; 

No  longer  courted  and  caress’d, 

High  placed  in  hall  a  welcome  guest, 
He  pour’d  to  lord  and  lady  gay 
The  unpremeditated  lay : 


1.  Flamen. 

2.  (Plural.) 

3.  Longa, 

4.  (Ttedia:  next 

verse.) 

5.  Viarum. 

6.  Vates. 

7.  Prospexit. 

8.  Debilis. 

9.  Effcetus. 

10.  A3 gre. 


11.  Ago. 

12.  Protenus. 

13.  Marcentesque. 

14.  Canus. 

15.  In,  with  abi. 

16.  dualis. 

17.  Pristinus. 

18.  duod. 

19.  Si  male  nunc. 

20.  Barbitos :  next 

21.  Unica  solatia. 


22.  Resto. 

23.  Orbus. 

24.  Porto. 

25.  Sacratus.^ 

26.  Ultimus  ille. 

27.  E. 

28.  Priscus. 

29.  Canto. 

30.  Virosque. 

’.  31.  duantus. 


2 


32.  dualis. 

33.  Finitima:  gentes. 

34.  Abiere. 

35.  Periere. 

36.  Canorus. 

37.  Ille. 

38.  Solus. 

39.  Adjungi. 

40.  Requies. 

41.  Sepulcrum. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


Old  times  were  changed,  old  manners  gone  ; 
A  stranger  fill’d  the  Stuart’s  throne  ; 

The  bigots  of  the  iron  time 

Had  call’d  his  harmless  art  a  crime  ; 

A  wandering  harper,  scorn’d  and  poor, 

He  begg’d  his  bread  from  door  to  door ; 

And  tuned,  to  please  a  peasant’s  ear, 

The  harp  a  king  had  loved  to  hear. 


Paraphrase. 

Not  now  borne 1  on  a  steed,  which  joyful  vaunts 2  [its]  trap¬ 
pings,3 

As  the  lark 4  at  early  morn3  beneath  heaven’s  threshold, 

Does  he  chant 6  in  measure  ;7  not  an  inmate 8  of  a  wealthy 
hall, 

Or  in  the  palace 9  of  a  prince,  a  guest 10  of  the  highest 11  couch, 

Courted 12  beyond 13  others  is  he  invited 14  to  the  loaded 15  tables. 

That  he  may  excite 16  the  applause  of  the  Jcnight,17  or  the 
smile  of  [his]  mistress ,18 

He  puts 19  not30  forth[19)  uncomposed  verses 21  to  the  tones 22  of 
the  lyre. 

Alas  !  primitive 23  manners  have  fled ,24  primitive  times 

Are  changed  ;  a  stranger 25  sits  on  the  ancestral 26  throne  ; 

And 27  the  tyrants  whom( 27)  this  ruthless 28  age  has  produced 29 
on  the  earth,33 

Have  seen  crime  in  the  harmless 31  art  of  a  bard. 


Therefore,  the  sport 32  of  unjust  destiny,  through  the  hamlets,33 
And  supported 34  by  begged 33  bread,  he  wanders  ;36 
And  the  harp  which  once 37  it  delighted  kings  to  hear, 

He  touches  to  strains 38  which  the  simple  rustic 39  may  applaud. 


1.  Vectus. 

2.  Jacto. 

3.  Ephippia. 

4.  Alauda. 

5.  Mane  novo. 

6.  Obloquor, 

7.  Numeris. 

8.  Incola. 

9.  Domibus. 
10.  Conviva. 


11.  Supremus. 
v  12.  Cultus. 


21. 


13.  Ante.  22. 

14.  Adhibeo.  23. 

15.  Onustii.  24. 

16.  Moveo.  25. 

17.  Eques.  26. 

18.  Magistra.  27. 

19.  Profert.  28. 

20. ’  (Non  :  previous  29. 

verse.)  30. 


Carmina  incon¬ 
dita. 

Sub  sonitus. 

Priscus. 

Perierunt. 

Peregrinus. 

Avitus. 

Gluosque. 

Stevus. ' 

Fero. 

(Plural.) 


31.  Innocuus. 

32.  Ludibrium. 

33.  Vicus.  . 

34.  Sustentus. 

35.  Mendicatus. 

36.  Vagor. 

37.  Quamque  olim 

citharam. 

38.  Ad  numeros  trac¬ 

tat. 

39.  Agrestis. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


211 


(17.) 

THE  LAY  OF  THE  LAST  MINSTREL.— Scott. 

And  said  I  that  my  limbs  were  old, 

And  said  I  that  my  blood  was  cold  ; 

And  that  my  kindly  fire  was  fled, 

And  my  poor  wither’d  heart  was  dead, 

And  that  I  might  not  sing  of  love  ? 

How  could  I  to  the  dearest  theme, 

That  ever  warm’d  a  minstrel’s  dream, 

So  foul,  so  false  a  recreant  prove  ! 

How  could  I  name  love’s  very  name, 

Nor  wake  my  heart  to  notes  of  flame  ! 

In  peace,  Love  tunes  the  shepherd’s  reed  ; 

In  war,  he  mounts  the  warrior’s  steed ; 

In  halls,  in  gay  attire  is  seen  ; 

In  hamlets,  dances  on  the  green. 

Love  rules  the  court,  the  camp,  the  grove, 

And  men  below,  and  saints  above ; 

For  love  is  Heaven,  and  Heaven  is  love. 


Paraphrase. 

I  said 1  that  my  limbs  had  become  tremulous* 1  2  with  the  burden 

of  age,' 3 4 *  '  _  ' 

I  said  that  [my]  chilled  blood 4  had  stiffened 5  in  [my] 
veins  ; 

The  spirit  and  fervor  of  [my]  Muse,  so  I  fancied ,6  has  pass¬ 
ed  away ,7 

The  fiery  vigor 8  of  genius,  and  the  glowings 9  within10  the 
heart. 

i  •  r  <  •  ,  t 

Therefore  Love  must  be  abandoned11  as  a  subject 12  not  on  a 
level 13 

With  my14  powers  ;18  let  us  sing  in  a  lighter  strain.16 

[ 

1.  Dicebam.  5.  Riguisse.  10.  Sub,  with  abl.  14.  Nostris. 

2.  Tremuisse.  6.  Sic  rebar.  11.  Detrectandus.  15.  (Viribus:  previ- 

3.  Gravi  senecta.  7.  Abivit.  12.  (Materies :  next  ous  verse.) 

4.  Gelidum  eruo-  8.  Igneus  vigor.  verse.)  16.  Plectro  leviore. 

rem.  9.  Calor.  13.  A3quus. 


212  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


Oh  shame!1  that * 1  should  become 3  ungrateful  to  the  Muses, 
and 

Myself  a  betrayer  of  my  own  art 4  that 5  with  blinded 6  mind 
the  courted 7 

Theme 8  I  should  shun,  than  which  wone  better 9  the  fitful 10 
dreams  of  poets11  ~ 

Can  kindle  ;12  /  marvel 13  2AaZ14  even  the  very  name  of  Love 
Excited 15  not  in  [my]  heart  rihmbers  burning 16  with  fire. 

Let  Peace  be  present — Love  attunes 17  the  shepherd’s  reed;1* 
In  the  mid-conflict  of  Mars  he  sits  behind  the  warrior  ;*6 
He  seeks*1  the  courts 22  of  nobles  disguised  in  fair  array*3 
And  in  the  retired 24  country  he  leads  the  harmless  dances  *b 
Love  alone  governs*6  kings,  the  woods,  and  the  camp, 

He  sways 27  mortals  below,  and  the  gqds  above  in  the  sky  ;** 
If  Love  gives  Heaven,  Heaven  in  return™  gives36  Love. 


(18.) 

CHILDE  HAROLD.— Byron. 

Loud  was  the  lightsome  tumult  of  the  shore  ; 

Oft  music  changed,  but  never  ceased  her  tone, 

/ 

And  timely  echo’d  back  the  measured  oar, 

And  rippling  waters  made  a  pleasant  moan  : 

The  Queen  of  tides  on  high  consenting  shone, 

And  when  a  transient  breeze  swept  o’er  the  wave, 

’Twas  as  if,  darting  from  her  heavenly  throne, 

A  brighter  glance  her  form  reflected  gave, 

Till  sparkling  billows  seem’d  to  light  the  banks  they  lave. 


Glanced  many  a  light  caique  along  the  foam, 
Danced  on  the  shore  the  daughters  of  the  land, 
No  thought  had  man  or  maid  of  rest  or  home, 
While  many  a  languid  eye  and  thrilling  hand 


1.  Proh  pudor !  8.  Res. 

2.  Ut.  9.  Non  potior. 

3.  Fio.  10.  Vagus. 

4.  (Artis:  previous  11.  Vates. 

verse.)  12.  Incendat. 

5.  Cluod.  13.  Miror. 

6.  Caecus.  14.  duod. 

7.  Petitus.  15.  Moveret. 


16.  Ardens.  23.  Sub  veste  decora. 

17.  Modulor.  24.  Secretus. 

18.  Avena.  25.  Chorea. 

19.  In  medio  certa-  26.  Guberno. 

mine.  27.  Flecto. 

20.  Eques.  28.  Aither. 

21.  Repeto.  29.  Vice., 

22.  Atrium.  30.  Reddo. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


213 


Exchanged  the  look  few  bosoms  may  withstand, 

Or,  gently  press’d,  return’d  the  pressure  still  : 

Oh  Love  !  young  Love  !  bound  in  thy  rosy  band, 

Let  sage  or  cynic  prattle  as  he  will, 

These  hours,  and  only  these,  redeem  life’s  years  of  ill ! 

Paraphrase. 

A  shout  is  borne1 2 3  from  the  shore  both  light  and  gladsome ? 
The  melody 3  oft  changes,  the  strains 4 5  never  cease? 

* 

The  swift  oars 6  are  dipped 7 8  in  the  sea?  to  measure ,9 
At  the  same  time  the  murmur  from  the  soft-whispering 10 11 
water  echoes .“  J 

1  '  '  f  c 

These  things  the  Queen  of  Heaven,  who  governs 12  the  tides 
of  the  sea, 

Looks  down  upon 13  with  placid  eyes ;  if  there  pass 14  over 15 
the  smooth 16 

Waves  a  breeze,  as  if  from  [her]  lofty  throne  she  had 17 

Glided  down 18  to 19  earth,  she  beams 20  brighter 21  with  a  pure 
22 

ray ; 

Her  form  and  the  image  of  her  brow  is  more  illumined 23 
And 24  the  billows  add  fresh  light 25  ta  the  shores  which(2<l) 
they  lave. 

Moreover,  many  a  bark?5 fits21  over 28  the  foaming  waters, 
And  the  band 29  of  Nymphs  strike 30  the  sand  with  joyous  foot. 
Not  man,  not  maiden21  desires  rest 32  on  that 
Night,  and  their  home  ;  but  languor  in  the  floating  eye,32 
And  thrilling 34  limbs  35  instill  fires  into  the  senses  ,-36 
The  hand,  pressed  itself,  presses  hand,  having  spoken  with¬ 
out  utterance  :37 

O  youthful 38  Love,  whomsoever39  thy  ba?idsi0  of  roses 

1.  Fertur.  i  12.  Dirigo.  22.  Fax.  31.  Virgo. 

2.  LedIus.  13.  Despecto.  23.  Irradiata  magis  32.  Requies. 

3.  Melos.  *  14.  Transeo.  est.  33.  Liquido  ocello. 

4.  Modulamen.  15.  (Super:  next  24.  duasque.  34.  Vibrans. 

5.  Cesso.  verse.)  25.  Nova  lumina.  35.  Artus. 

6.  Celeres  tonsae.  16.  Aequus.  26.  Plurima  cymba.  36.  Sensibus. 

7.  Tingo.  17.  Esset.  27.  Volito.  37.  Vox. 

8.  Marmor.  18.  Delapsus.  28.  Per.  38.  Juvenilis. 

9.  Ad  numerum.  19.  In.  29.  Chorus.  39.  Si  quos. 

10.  Lene  susurrans.  20.  Ardeo.  30.  Pulso.  40.  Vincla. 

11.  Adsono. '  21.  Clarus. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VI. 


Shackle,1  whatever  the  foolish2  cynic  may  dole,3 4 

The  hours  smile  on  them*  to  them  joys  alone  are  given, 

That  life,  and  the  unequal 5  lot  of  life,  may  be  compensated .6 


(19.) 

CHILDE  HAROLD.— Byeon. 

And  yet,  how  lovely  in  thine  age  of  wo, 

Land  of  lost  gods,  and  godlike  men  !  art  thou  ! 

Thy  vales  of  evergreen,  thy  hills  of  snow,* 

Proclaim  thee  nature’s  varied  favorite  now. 

Thy  fanes,  thy  temples  to  thy  surface  bow, 
Commingling  slowly  with  heroic  earth, 

Broke  by  the  share  of  every  rustic  plough : 

So  perish  monuments  of  mortal  birth, 

So  perish  all  in  turn  save  well-recorded  worth. 

Save  where  some  solitary  column  mourns 
Above  its  prostrate  brethren  of  the  cave  ; 

Save  where  Tritonia’s  airy  shrine  adorns 
Colonna’s  cliff,  and  gleams  along  the  wave  ; 

Save  o’er  some  warrior’s  half-forgotten  grave, 

Where  the  gray  stones  and  unmolested  grass 
Ages,  but  not  oblivion,  feebly  brave, 

While  strangers  only  not  regardless  pass, 

Lingering,  like  me,  perchance,  to  gaze,  and  sigh  “  Alas  !” 

-  > 

Paraphrase. 

Yet  thou1  art  fair,  too ,8  and  beauteous 9  in  thy  hapless 10  ruin, 
[O]  land  divelt  in 11  by  a  godlike  race 12  and  by  gods. 

[Thy]  vales  and  snowy 13  hills  still  testify  that  thou14. 

Art  acceptable 15  to  Nature,  alone 16  more  than  all  lands. 
[Thy]  shrines11  lie  uprooted,13  [thy]  tottering 19  temples  sway,20 

1.  Impedio.  G.  Compenso.  11.  Habitatus.  16.  Unam. 

2.  Ineptus.  7.  Tu  tamen.  12.  Divina;  genti.  17.  Fanum. 

3.  Deliro.  8.  Et.  -  13.  Nivosus.  18.  Erutus. 

4.  Illis.  9.  Decorus.  14.  Te.  .  19.  Nutans. 

5.  Iniquus.  10.  Miser.  15.  Placitam.  20.  Vergo. 


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i  ®  •  *  *  i  4 

And  slowly  are  mingled  with  the  soil 1  of  heroes, 

Which  unavenged 2  the  teeth  of  the  'plough 3  injure,  and  the 
rakes1 2 3  4  disturb ,5 6 7 8 9 

Thus  will  perish  whatever 6  monuments  mortals  raise,1 
Unless 8  Fame  shall  forbid  praiseworthy*  desert 10  to  die. 

Saue  where 11  the  solitary 12  pillar 13  stands  on  the  deserted 
shore, 

And  mourns 14  kindred 15  stones 16  now  overthrown  :17 

Save  where  the  aerial  abode18  of  Tritonis 19  rises, 

The  ornament  of  Sunium’s  peak,20  glittering*1  in  the  wave  ; 
Save  where,  as  relics 22  of  a  hero’s  tomb,  remain 
Worn23  stones  f  and  ?nan^  a  blade of  grass  f 
Which  may  withstand 27  ages,  perhaps,28  not  so  oblivion.2* 
And  the  traveler  stands 3S  there  a/Z  ini31  unconscious ,32  . 
Having  lingered 33  a  while, 34  as  /  myself f  he  sighs  “  Alas.” 


(20.) 

CHILDE  HAROLD.— Byron. 


Yet  are  thy  skies  as  blue,  thy  crags  as  wild  ; 

Sweet  are  thy  groves,  and  verdant  are  thy  fields. 
Thine  olive  ripe  as  when  Minerva  smiled, 

And  still  his  honey’d  wealth  Hymettus  yields  ; 
There  the  blithe  bee  his  fragrant  fortress  builds, 
The  free-born  wanderer  of  thy  mountain  . air ; 
Apollo  still  thy  long,  long  summer  gilds, 

Still  in  his  beam  Mendeli’s  marbles  glare  ; 

Art,  Glory,  Freedom  fail, -but  Nature  still  is  fair. 


Paraphrase. 


Yet 36  the  blue81  of  the  pure  sky  shines39  not  the  less  for  thee, 


1.  Solum.  10.  Meritum. 

2.  Impune.  11.  Nisi  qua. 

3.  (Aratri:  previ-  12.,  Solus. 

ous  verse.)  13.  Columna. 

4.  Rastra.  14.  Moereo. 

5.  Lacesso.  15.  Germana  sibi. 

6.  Q.uot.  16.  Sax-um. 

7.  Condant.  17.  Dirutus. 

8.  Nisi.  18.  JEdes  (plur.). 

9.  Dignum  laude.  19.  Tritonidos. 


20.  Apex.  30.  Adsto. 

21.  Radians.  31.  Tantum  non. 

22.  Vestigia.  32.  Inscius, 

23.  Exesus.  33.  Moror. 

24.  Lapis.  34.  Paulisper. 

25.  Plurima  herba.  35.  Ipse. 

26.  Gramen.  36.  At. 

27.  Vinco.  37.  Ccerula. 

28.  Forsan.-  .  38.  Splendent. 

29.  Oblivia. 


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Rocks  overhanging1  rocks  are 2  not  less  wild .(2 4 5) 

[Thy]  land  still  flourishes  in  forests  and  fertility  of  soil 
If  Pallas  herself  were  to  foster*  her  own  fruit,  the  olive 
Would  not  thrive 6  better.  Hymettus  yields  [his]  honeyed 6 
gifts, 

Whence  the  bee,  as  he  roams 7  through  the  highest  regions 8 
of  the  mountain, 

Builds 9  for  itself  the  waxen  walls 10  of  its  scented 11  kingdom. 
Phoebus,  still  propitious ,12  gilds13  [thy]  long  summers, 

The  marble  of  Pentelicus  still  glitters 14  in15  [his]  light. 

Art  lies  prostrate ,16  Liberty  has  been  cast  away,17  Glory  has 
fled  ; 

The  face  of  Nature  alone 18  shines unimpaired ,20 


(21.) 

THE  LOTUS-EATERS.— Tennyson. 

They  sat  them  down  upon  the  yellow  sand, 

Between  the  sun  and  moon,  upon  the  shore, 

And  sweet  it  was  to  dream  of  Father-land, 

And  wife,  and  child,  and  slave ;  but  evermore 
Most  weary  seemed  the  sea,  weary  the  oar, 

Weary  the  wandering  fields  of  barren  foam. 

Then  some  one  said,  “  We  will  return  no  more 
And  all  at  once  they  sang,  “  Our  island-home 
Is  far  beyond  the  wave  ;  we  will  no  longer  roam.” 

Paraphrase. 

They  all  sat  down 21  on 22  the  shore  of  yellow  sand, 

In  the  middle  f  beholding 24  the  rays  of  the  sun  and  the  moon ; 
And  the  image  of  [their]  sweet  country  and  offspring 25 
creeps 26 

1.  Impendentia.  8.  Tractus.  15.  Sub,  with  abl.  21.  Consedere. 

2.  Horresco.  9.  Condo.  16.  Jaceo.  22.  Ad. 

3.  Ubere  glebae.  10.  Cerea  moenia.  17.  Abjicio.  23.  In  medio. 

4.  Aleret.  11.  Odoratus.  18.  Unicus.  24.  Tuens. 

5.  Cresco.  12.  Almus.  19.  Nitesco.  25.  Soboles. 

6.  Melleus.  13.  Inauro.  20.  Illaesus.  26.  Irrepo, 

7.  Oberro.  14.  Splendesco 


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Upon  [their]  minds,  and  the  delights 1  of  former1 2  life  far  away. 

Weariness3 *  presently  the  deep*  weariness  the  oars  also 
seemed 5. 

To  heap  upon 6  [them],  and  the  very  long  heaving- surface’’  of 
sterile  foam. 

And  at  length  some  one  says,8  “We  will  go  no  more,” 

And  immediately 9  all  [exclaimed],  “Far  beyond  the  wave, 
is  shut 10  [out] 

[Our]  island,  our  home  :  we  will  go  no  more,”  [said]  all. 


(22.)  : 

CENONE  .—Tennyson. 

O  Mother  Ida,  many-fountain’d  Ida, 

Dear  mother  Ida,  hearken  ere  I  die. 

I  waited  underneath  the  dawning  hills, 

Aloft  the  mountain-lawn  was  dewy-dark, 

And  dewy-dark  aloft  the  mountain-pine  ; 

Beautiful  Paris,  evil-hearted  Paris, 

Leading  a  jet-black  goat,  white-horn’d,  white-hoof’d, 
Came  up  from  reedy  Simois  all  alone. 

O  mother  Ida,'  hearken  ere  I  die. 

Far  off  the  torrent  call’d  me  from  the  cleft; 

Far  up  the  solitary  morning  smote 

The  streaks  of  virgin  snow.  With  down-dropp’d  eyes 

I  sat  alone  ;  white-breasted,  like  a  star 

Fronting  the  dawn  ho  moved:  a  leopard  skin 

Droop’d  from  his  shoulder,  but  his  sunny  hair 

Cluster’d  about  his  temples  like  a  god’s  : 

And  his  cheek  brighten’d  as  the  foam-bow  brightens 
When  the  wind  blows  the  foam  ;  and  all  my  heart 
Went  forth  to  embrace  him  coming  ere  he  came. 

Dear  mother  Ida,  hearken  ere  I  die. 

He  smiled,  and  opening  out  his  milk-white  palm, 

1.  Oblectamen.  4.  Pelagus.  7.  iEstus.  9.  Continuoque. 

2.  Vetus.  5.  Visi.  8.  Inquit.  10.  Clauditur. 

3.  Taedia.  6.  Ingero.  •  - 

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218  LATIN  VERSIFICATION,- — PART  VI. 

Disclosed  a  fruit  of  pure  Hesperian  gold, 

That  smell’d  ambrosially^  and  while  I  look’d 
And  listen’d,  the  full-dowing  river  of  speech 
Came  down  upon  my  heart.  “  My  own  (Enone, 
Beautiful-brow’d  (Enone,  my  own  soul, 

Behold  this  fruit,  whose  gleaming  rind,  engraven 

i 

4  For  the  most  fair,’  would  seem  to  award  it  thine, 

As  lovelier  than  whatever  Oread  haunts 

The  knolls  of  Ida,  loveliest  in  all  grace 

Of  movement,  and  the  charm  of  married  brows.” 

Dear  mother  Ida,  hearken  ere  I  die. 

He  press’d  the  blossom  of  his  lips  to  mine, 

And  added,  “  This  was  cast  upon  the  board, 

When  all  the  full-faced  presence  of  the  gods 
Ranged  in  the  halls  of  Peleus  ;  whereupon 
Rose  feud,  with  question  unto  whom  ’twere  due : 

But  light-foot  Iris  brought  it  yester-eve, 

Delivering  that  to  me,  by  common  voice 
Elected  umpire.  Here  comes  to-day, 

Pallas  and  Aphrodite,  claiming  each 

This  meed  of  fairest.  Thou,  within  the  cave, 

Behind  yon  whispering  tuft  of  oldest  pine, 

Mayest  well  behold  them  unbeheld,  unheard 
Hear  all,  and  see  thy  Paris  judge  of  gods.” 

\  _ 

Paraphrase. 

[O]  mother,  hear 1  me,  wretched,  from  [thy]  summit  of  many 
rills,2 

Ida,  mother  2  death  is  coming  on,*  hear s  my  voice. 

Looking  up  at6  the  mountains  reddening  with  [the  as  yet] 
uncertain  light, 

And  the  pines  suffused1  with  chill9  dew,  I  was  sitting ; 
When  Paris,  alas  !  beneath  the  covering 9  of  too 10  beautiful  a 
countenance, 


1.  Exaudio.  4.  Advenio. 

2.  Scatebrosus.  5.  Accipio. 

3.  Genetrix.  6.  Suspicio. 


t 


7.  Suffundo. 

8.  Gelidus. 


9.  Tegmen. 
10.  Nimium. 


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Cherishing  a  base  heart,1  a  he-goat  both  with  white  horns, 
And  marked 2  [with  white]  in  [its]  feet,  leading  along,2 3 4 5 6 *  as 
to  the  rest 4  [of  its  body]  black, 

Came  alone  from  the  reedy*  water  of  Simois. 

Ida,  mother,  death  is  coming  on,  hear  my  voice. 

But  me  the  headlong  torrents 6  far  off,  from  the  valley sp 
Seemed  to  call  upon  :8 9 *  far  off,  above  the  pathless  regions 9  of 
the  mountain, 

Moving  along 10  with  silent  step,  Aurora 11  was  marking  the 
summits 


And  the  pure  snows.  I  was  sitting  alone, 

Mournful  of  look  ;12  him  presently,  with  white  bosom,  as  the 
murky 13 

Darkness  a  star,  penetrating  [it]  with  opposing 14  front,  puts 
to  flight, 

I  beheld  beaming  on  the  view.15  As  an  appendage 16  of  his 
right  side 

Hung  the  skin 17  of  a  leopard  f  and  [his]  godlike 19  temples s0 

Undulating 21  locks  covered  with  auburn 22  waves  ;23 

His  cheeks,  too,  were  bright ,24  as  when  the  wind,  agitating,25 

Bears  onward 26  the  watery  foam,  the  bow  brightens  towards 
the  regions  of  ether.21 

I  embraced 28  him  with  [my]  eyes,  and  called  [him]  from  my 
whole  heart. 

Ida,  mother,  death  is  coming  on,  hear  my  voice. 

Straightway 29  he  displayed 30  an  apple f  which  [his]  milk- 
white' 32  right  hand  held, 

Yellow  of  hue,33  and  rendered  the  more  remarkable 34  by 
Hesperian  gold, 

And  breathing  forth35  ambrosial  odors  of  pure  dew; 


1.  Turpia  corda.  10.  Incedo. 

2.  Insignis.  11.  (Next  verse.) 

3.  Adduco.  12.  Triste  tuens. 

4.  Ceetera.  13.  Ater. 

5.  Arundineus.  14.  Adversus. 

6.  Unda.  15.  Affulgens. 

*1.  E  convallibus.  16.  Gestamina. 

8.  Compellare.  17.  Exuviae. 

9.  Invia.  18.  Pardus. 

19.  Dius. 


20.  (Tempora:  next 28.  Amplexa. 

verse.)  29.  Continuo. 

21.  Undans.  30.  (Ostendit:  next 

22.  (Flavis  :  previ-  verse.) 

ous  verse.)  31.  (Malum:  next  v.) 

23.  Fluctibus.  32.  Lacteus. 

24.  Splendebant.  33.  (Flavum:  previ- 

25.  (Next  verse.)  ous  verse.) 

26.  Fert.  34.  Insignius. 

27.  In  aetheris  auras.  35.  Exspiro. 


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And  smiled  sportively d  I  remained  with  mind  aroused1  2 

Forthwith 3 4  words  flowing*  from  [his]  sweet  lip 5 6 
Assailed 6  my  heart :  “  [O]  bright  to  the  view 7 8  as  to  [thy] 
beauteous 8  brow, 

GEnone,  my  Life,  whether 9  on  the  rind10  of  thisf)  apple 
Dost  thou  see  inscribed”  Let  [her]  who  is 11 *  fairest  take  [me]  ? 
O  [thou]  who  neither  as  to  graceful 12  movements,  nor  the 
brow’s  sweet 13 

Joining  ,**  yieldest 15  to  Z7te  Oreads 16  of  Phrygian  Ida, 

S/zaZ/  it  not  be  lawful17  for  thee  to  to/re18  the  merited  crown? 
Ida,  mother,  death  is  coming  on,  hear  my  voice. 

Unto  my  lips  [his]  lips,  resembling 19  the  rosy  flower, 

He  applied,20  and  said,-  “  Thou  seest  what  is  said21 
When  the  gods  in  full  presence22  were  thronging 23  the  hall  of 
Peleus, 

To  have  produced,2*  when  placed  upon  the  board 25  bitter 26 
strifes.  This  apple 

As  a  messenger  27  lo  !  Iris  brought  down,  swifter  than  usual 23 
on  the  rapid  breeze, 

And  unto  me,  as  permitted  by  common  compact 29  the  prize's30 
Decision 31  has  intrusted.32  Soon,  moreover,  with  Pallas 
and  Juno33 

Engaging,3*  will  be  present  for33  the  great  contest30  of  beauty 
The  powerful37  goddess  of  Cyprus.  Thou,  where  whispei 
the  aged 38 

Pines,39  mayest,  concealed  within  the  lurking-place*0  of  the 
cave,*1  behold 

Me,  Paris,  settle *2  so  great  a  controversy 43  on  the  part  of  the 
deities  above."** 

1.  Alludens.  13.  Amoenus.  25.  Appositus.  34.  Concurro. 

2.  Arrectus.  14.  Junctura.  26.  (Amaras :  see-  35.  Ad. 

3.  Protenus.  15.  Decedo.  ond  v.  above.)  36.  (Plural.) 

4.  Mano.  16.  Oreasin.  27.  (Nuntia:  previ-  37.  Potens. 

5.  E  suavi  labello.  17.  Nonne  liceat.  ous  verse.)  38.  Longcevus. 

6.  Pepulere.  18.'  Capto.  28.  Velocior.  39.  Pineta. 

7.  Candidus.  19.  Referentia.  29.  Foedus.  40.  Latebrse. 

8.  Speciosus.  20.  Admoveo.  30.  Palma.  41.  (Plural.) 

9.  Hujusne.  21.  Fertur.  31.  Arbitrium.  42.  Componere. 

10.  Cortex.  22.  Amplo  aspectu.  32.  Trado.  43.  Lites. 

11.  Quae  sit.  23.  Celebrantibus.  33.  Hera.  44.  Superum. 

J2.  Facilis.  24.  Gigno. 


■» 


PART  VII. 


LYRIC  MEASURES. 


PART  VII. 


LYRIC  MEASURES. 


'  (i-) 

NAMES  OF  THE  FEET. 


< 

Two  Syllables. 

Pyrrhi  ch, 

pede, 

Spondee, 

pontd, 

Iambus, 

- 

meos, 

Trochee, 

Three  Syllables. 

calce. 

Tribrach, 

\ _ ✓ ' — *  w 

legite, 

Molossus, 

— 

mirari, 

Dactyl, 

-  'w'  ^ 

discere, 

Anapaest, 

V— /  - - - 

animos, 

Amphibrach, 

-  'w' 

labore, 

Cretic,1 

-  V _ '  — 

torqueant, 

Bacchius, 

' — / - 

parentes, 

Palimbacchius,8 

Four  Syllables. 

cantare. 

Proceleusmatic, 

_  _  w  w 

lapidibus, 

Dispondaeus, 

— 

extorquentes 

Diiambus, 

w  -  ^ - 

piaverint, 

Ditrochaeus, 

-  Nw'  -  'w' 

expiare, 

Antispast, 

w - w 

amavere, 

Choriambus, 

—  W  — . 

Herculeos, 

Ionic  a  minori, 

'w  W - 

rapientes, 

Ionic  a  majori, 

- w 

confliximus, 

Paeon  primus, 

-  W  W  v-' 

difficilis, 

1.  Called,  also,  Amphimacer. 


2.  Called,  also,  Antibacchius. 


224  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


Pseon  secundus, 
Paeon  tertius, 

Pseon  quartus, 
Epitritus  primus, 
Epitritus  secundus, 
Epitritus  tertius, 
Epitritus  quartus. 

Dochmius, 

Mesomacer 


Five  Syllables. 


facillimus, 

trepidante, 

celeritas, 

piaverunt, 

expiarant, 

extorserant, 

extorsisse. 

tremiscentium. 

peramabllis. 


(2.) 

THE  ALCAIC  STANZA. 

1.  The  Alcaic  Stanza  takes  its  name  from  Alcaeus,  the 
famous  lyric  poet  of  Lesbos,  who  flourished  about  600  B.C. 

2.  It  consists  of  four  lines,  the  first  and  second  being 
Greater  Alcaics,  the  third  an  Iambic  Dimeter  Hypermeter , 
and  the  fourth  a  Minor  Alcaic. 

3.  The  scheme  of  the  Alcaic  stanza  is  therefore  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 


EXAMPLE. 

Yides  ut  alta  stet  nive  candidum 
Soracte,  nec  jam  sustineant  onus 
Silvie  laborantes,  geluque 
Flumina  constiterint  acuto  ? 


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4.  According  to  the  scheme  here  given,  it  will  be  seen 
that  the  first,  foot  in  each  of  the  first  two  lines  may  be  either 
an  iambus  or  spondee.  Horace,  however,  gives  a  decided 
preference  to  the  spondaic  commencement,  and  his  authority 
ought  to  be  followed.  Out  of  634  Alcaics  extant  in  his 
works,  18  only  have  an  iambus  in  the  first  place ;  that  is, 
about  one  in  thirty-five. 

5.  The  greater  Alcaic,  then,  may  be  said  to  consist  of  a 
spondee,  an  iambus,  and  a  long  syllable,  followed  by  two 
dactyls,  the  latter  of  which,  it  may  be  remarked,  is  con¬ 
stantly  interchanged  for  the  cretic  — 

6.  The  third  line,  or  lambic  Dimeter  Hypermeter,  con¬ 
sists,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  scheme,  of  four  feet,  spon¬ 
dees  and  iambi  alternately,  with  a  redundant  syllable.  In 
this  line,  the  first  foot  must  hardly  ever  be  an  iambus. 

7.  In  the  last  line,  or  minor  Alcaic,  we  have  two  dactyls 
followed  by  two  trochees,  although  the  last  foot  is  very 
generally  a  spondee,  and  certainly,  by  this  usage,  closes 
the  stanza  with  more  effect. 

8.  The  full  perfection  of  the  Alcaic  stanza  seems  to  re¬ 
quire  a  bold,  harmonious  flow  of  verse,  produced  by  the 
sonorous  character  of  the  constituent  words,  and  by  the 
musical  variety  of  the  rhythm.  It  must  satisfy  the  ear, 
and  not  leave  open  vowels  at  the  end  of  one  line  and  the 
commencement  of  another  immediately  following. 

Among  many  other  passages  in  Horace,  we  may  take 
for  examples  the  three  connected  stanzas  in  the  14th  Ode 
of  the  2d  Book  : 

Frustra  cruento  Marte  carebimus, 

Fractisque  rauci  fluctibus  Hadriae ; 

Frustra  per  Auctumnos  nocentem 
Corporibus  metuemus  Austrum : 

Visendus  ater  flumine  languido 
Cocytos  errans,  et  Danai  genus 
Infame,  damnatusque  longi 
Sisyphus  iEolides  laboris. 


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Linquenda  tellus,  et  domus,  et  placens 
Uxor  :  neque  harum,  quas  colis,  arborum, 

Te,  praeter  invisas  cupressos, 

Ulla  brevem  dominum  sequetur. 

^  '  |rJ 

Nor  must  we  forget  the  subjoined  stanza,  which  Dr.  Parr 
used  to  quote  as  peculiarly  musical  (Ode  iv.,  book  iii.) : 

Qui  rore  puro  Castaliae  lavit 
Crines  solutos,  qui  Lyciae  tenet 
Dumeta,  natalemque  silvam, 

Delius  et  Patareus  Apollo. 


ETON  RULES  AND  REMARKS  ON  THE  ALCAIC  STANZA. 


Rule  1.  First  and  second  lines. 

V, 

^  w  |  ^  w  _  |  pulvere  Troico. 

|  _  *#,  ^  ^ _ |  accipiter  velut. 

|  _  w  w  u.  w  _  |  imperiosius. 

•  %  1 r  ,  •  ,  S 

Rule  2.  At  the  fifth  syllable  of  this  verse  there  must  be 
a  ccesura ;  that  is,  the  fifth  syllable  must  end  a  word  ;  as, 
Regina  longum. 

Remark.  Such  rare  exceptions,  as  Spectandus  in 
certamine  Martio ,  and  Mentemque  lymphatam  Mareotico , 
are  not  sufficient  to  justify  a  violation  of  this  rule  in 
modern  composition.  In  the  first  of  these  exceptions, 
however,  the  accentual  rhythm  is  preserved. 


Rule  3.  The  fifth  syllable  should  not  be  a  monosyllable, 
unless  a  monosyllable  immediately  precede  it.  It  is  better 
not  to  end  this  verse  with  two  dissyllables. 

Rule  4.  The  last  syllable  should  not,  in  any  of  the  four 
lines,  he  a  monosyllable.  The  instances  in  Horace  are  not 
very  frequent,  even  of  an  elision  with  a  final  monosyllable  ; 
but  there  are  only  three  such  instances  without  an  eli¬ 
sion  : 


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Depone  sub  lauru  mea,  nec — 

Cur  non  sub  alta  vel  platano,  vel  hac— - 

Ne  forte  credas  interitura,  quse — 

usages  certainly  not  to  be  imitated  by  beginners. 

Rule  5.  The  liberty  of  using  a  short  syllable  to  begin 
the  first  three  lines  must  be  taken  very  sparingly ,  particu¬ 
larly  in  the  third  line. 

Rule  6.  Third  line  :  in  the  rhythm  which  results  from 
the  proper  arrangement  and  length  of  words  in  this  line 
consists  the  principal  difficulty  of  the  Alcaic  measure. 

Rule  7.  The  best  way  of  acquiring  an  ear  for  the  rhythm \ 
of  the  third  line  is,  at  first,  always  to  make  it  in  exact  imi¬ 
tation  of  one  of  Horace’s.  The  following  lines  are  among 
the  best  examples  (see  Remark  5) : 

(1.)  Regina  sublimi  flagello 
Disjecta  non  leni  rulna 
Cum  flore  Maecenas  rosArum 
Nymphasque  discentes,  et  aures 
Funalia  et  vectes  et  arcus. 

(2.)  Diffinget  infectumque  reddet 
Ridetque  si  mortalis  ultra 
Quid  Seres  et  regnata  Cyro. 

(3.)  Fias  recantatis  amica 
Dices  laborantes  in  uno 
Tutum  per  iEgaeos  tumultus. 

Of  these  three  modes  the  first  is  the  best. 

Remark.  Observe,  that  the  accents  placed  on  words 
in  the  lines  above  quoted,  and  in  those  quoted  in  Rule 
12,  are  not  intended  to  denote  a  long  quantity ,  but  the 
stress  laid  on  the  syllable  in  reading. 

Rule  8.  It  is  very  inelegant  to  begin  or  end  the  third  line 
with  a  word  of  four  syllables.  It  is  equally  inelegant  to  be¬ 
gin  the  line  with  a  monosyllable  and  cretic ;  as,  Hunc 
Lesbio. 


228  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 

Remark  on  the  first  halfi  of  this  rule.  Several  ex¬ 
amples  of  such  beginnings  and  endings  may,  indeed, 
be  quoted  from  Horace  ;  as, 

Deprseliantes  ;  nec  cupressi — - 
Regumque  matres  barbarorum  et — 

Ab  insolenti  temperatam — 

Enaviganda,  sive  reges— 

Nodo  coerces  viperino — 

Denominates  et  nepotum — 

which  last  is  so  prosaic  an  instance  that  it  forms  no  safe 
precedent ;  and  the  others,  also,  are  much  better  avoided 
than  followed. 

Remark  on  the  latter  half  of  this  rule.  There  is  but 
one  instance  of  the  kind  in  Horace,  namely,  the  one. 
here  alluded  to  ( Ode  xxvi.,  book  i .),Hunc  Leshio  sacrare 
'plectro. 

Rule  9.  The  third  line  cannot  be  ended  with  a  cretic 
( —  w  — )  and  an  enclitic,  that  is,  with  such  a  compound 
as  fluminumque . 

Remark.  Of  this  license  there  are  no  examples  in 
Horace :  although  metrically  right,  it  is  rhythmically 
wrong  ;  being  destructive  of  that  sort  of  steady  march 
which  is  required  in  this  line.  j 

Rule  10.  The  third  line  cannot  begin  with  two  dissylla¬ 
bles  ;  as,  Magnum  Deiim.  It  is  very  inelegant,  moreover, 
to  end  the  third  line  with  two  dissyllables  ;  as,  Fama  rerum. 

Remark.  Of  this  sort  of  termination  to  the  third  line 
there  are  the  following  examples  in  Horace  :  Sive 
flamma — -necte  flores — posse  rivos — grande  munus — 
dura  navis — sive  reges — parce  Liber — atque  truncis  ; 
but  they  certainly  leave  no  pleasing  impression  on  the 
ear,  which  will  best  be  felt  by  comparing  them  with 
the  more  perfect  models  already  quoted.  Yet  they 
may  serve  to  justify  the  occasional  use  of  such  end-, 
ings  in  a  long  work,  especially  when  accompanied 
with  this  warning. 


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J 

Rule  11.  The  fourth  line  will  run  well  if  the  first  four 
syllables  form  one  word  ;  as,  composito ;  or  two  words,  as, 
lie  Cypria,  or  more  comam ;  or  if  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  and 
seventh  syllables  form  une  word,  or  part  of  one  word,  like 
composito,  supervacuos ,  Imperiumque  ;  or  two,  as  in  celeres. 

Rule  12.  These  lines  of  Horace  are  good  models  for 
imitation  (see  Remark  6). 

(1.)  Dedecorum  pretiosus  emptor. 

Prospiciens,  et  adulta  virgo. 

Sic  geminant  Corybantes  sera. 

Divitias  operosiores. 

(2-)  Concutitur ;  valet  ima  summis. 

Post  equitem  sedet  atra  cura. 

(3.)  Sisyphus  iEolides  laboris. 

Funus  et  imperio  parabat. 

Praelia,  nec  metues  protervum. 

Mitte  supervacuos  honores. 

Fervor,  et  in  celeres  Iambos. 

(4.)  Sardinia  segetes  fer&cis. 

Aut  digito  male  pertinaci. 

2Em6nia,  daret  ut  catenis. 

Nec  virides  metuunt  colubros. 

(5.)  Fronte  petet  Lalage  mantum. 

Sive  mari  libet  Adriano. 

(6.)  Sperne  puer,  neque  tu  choreas. 

Mdre  comam  religata  nodo. 

(7.)  Concitet  imperiumque  frangat. 

Of  these  seven  modes,  the  first  six  are  the  best :  the  long 
succession  of  unaccented  syllables  in  the  seventh  has  an 
awkward  effect. 

Rule  13.  Lines  of  the  above  rhythm  occur  most,  frequent¬ 
ly  in  Horace,  and  sound  best ;  and  those  which  vary  from 

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it,  and  occur  in  the  first  and  second  books  only ,  either  sound 
ill,  and  spoil  the  stanza,  or  are  supported  by  some  very 
spirited  idea. 

Rule  14.  If  any  of  the  first  three  lines  end  with  a  short 
open  vowel,  the  line  immediately  following  ought  not  to 
begin  with  a  vowel.  Even  if  the  line  end  with  a  long  open 
vowel,  it  is  better  to  begin  the  following  line  with  a  con¬ 
sonant. 

£ '  i ■ 

GENERAL  REMARKS. 

1.  In  the  formation  of  the  Alcaic  stanza  (as  in  that  of 
every  kind  of  Latin  verse),  rhythm  is  to  be  considered  as 
well  as  scansion .  Scansion  depends  upon  quantity ,  rhythm 
depends  upon  accent. 

2.  Accent  or  stress  is  perceptible  to  the  ear.  Quantity , 
according  to  the  general  mode  of  pronunciation  in  modern 
days,  is  for  the  most  part  known  only  by  rule  and  authority, 
but  is  seldom  perceptible  to  the  ear. 

3.  For  it  is  a  very  great  (though  a  common)  error  to  sup¬ 
pose  that  the  stress  denotes  the  long  quantity.  It  never 
does  so,  unless  the  long  quantity  be  on  the  penult  of  a  word 
of  more  than  two  syllables.1 

4.  For  example,  in  the  several  words  Dominum ,  sanguin¬ 
eum ,  discere ,  dicabam ,  dicebam ,  cano v  cano ,  the  accent  or 
stress  is  evident  to  the  ear.  The  quantity  is  indicated  to 
the  ear  only  in  the  penults  of  the  trisyllabic  words  ;  the 
quantity  of  the  other  syllables  is  only  known  by  authority 
and  metrical  rules. 

5.  From  an  examination  of  the  lines  given  in  rules  7  and 
12,  it  will  appear  that  the  accents  in  the  third  verse  fall 
thus : 

1.  The  place  of  the  Latin  accent,  in  words  of  more  than  two  sylla¬ 
bles,  depends  upon  the  quantity  of  the  penult.  If  the  penult  be  long, 
the  accent  will  be  o.n  that  syllable ;  but  if  the  penult  be  short,  the 
accent  will  be  on  the  antepenult.  In  dissyllables  the  accent  always 
falls  on  the  penult, 


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* 

\  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 
K  ' l 123456789 

{  123456789 

If  the  accents  fall  on  the  third,  seventh,  or  ninth  syllable, 
the  rhythm  is  lost,  and  it  is  no  verse  to  the  ear.1 

6.  The  accents  of  the  fourth  verse  have  more  varieties ; 
they  are  three  or  four  in  number.  Thus  : 

^  '  l  123456789  10 

If  the  line  end  with  a  word  of  six  syllables,  there  will  be 
no  accent  on  the  seventh  syllable  of  the  verse,  but  yet  a 
sufficient  stress  to  preserve  the  rhythm  ;  as,  divitias  opero¬ 
siores. 

( 2 |  123456789  1~0 
t3’)  |T23456789  10 
\  123456789  10 
(5,)ll2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 
|  T  2  3  4  5  6  7  8910 
^  '  (  123456789  10 

If  the  accents  fall  on  the  fourth,  sixth,  or  tenth  syllable, 
the  rhythm  is  defective.  Such  lines  seldom  occur  in 
Horace.2 

1.  It  is  better  to  avoid  the  accent  on  the  fourth  syllable,  as  such 
a  commencement  of  the  line  naturally  leads  to  such  terminations  as 
are  to  be  guarded  against  in  Rules  8,  9,  10.  It  may,  however,  be 
permitted  when  the  verse  ends  with  a  monosyllable  and  bacchius 

- )5  and  then  only  ;  as,  Quanta  laboras  in  Charybdi.  Horace 

appears  to  have  avoided,  in  general,  the  rhythm  of  the  senarian 
iambic  in  the  composition  of  this  line.  An  accent  on  the  fourth 
syllable  always  gives  that  rhythm. 

2.  Hodgson's  Sacred  Lyrics ,  xviii.,  seqq. 


ALCAICS. 


FIRST  DIVISION. 

Arrange  the  following  Words  in  Alcaic  Stanzas .* 

(!.) 

V  "w*  ■  J  ^ 

Ergo  sancta  cohors  Deum  |  rupit  insolentes*  1 2  catenas,  et 

revisi?  patriam  domum,  |  cognatasque  sedes,  |  loca  Italiae 
fabulosae.  || 


(2.) 

Et  vox  Deorum  respondet3  lene  sonantibus  |  auris  ;  qua 
temere  Naiades 4  incolae,  |  sub  umbra  impendentis  silvae,  J 
incubuere  ripis.  || 

(3.) 

Dixit ;  sed  fervidus  |  minister  Anglici  fulminis  rupit  freta6 
carina ,6  |  et  Batavus  conjuncta  classe,  |  aequorei  pericli  so¬ 
cius.  || 

(4-) 

Probavit  dextra,  quid  aemulus  furor,  J  et  vincula  restituti 
foederis  |  possent,  quid  Tyranno  ejecto,  |  pia  jura  legitimi 
regni.  || 

(5.) 

^  Quis  tanget  fila?  quis  excutiet7  Lacedaemonis  |  modos 
dudum  tacentes  ?  |  pubemque  revocabit 8  defunctosque  coe¬ 
tus,  I  aere  horrisono  ?  || 


*  The  small  perpendicular  dividing  lines  are  intended  to  mark  the  end  of  a  verse, 
as  a  guide  to  the  formation  of  the  stanza.  Sometimes,  as,  for  example,  in  the  first 
piece  of  the  Second  Division  (Stanza  2),  two  lines  are  comprehended  under  one 
perpendicular  mark.  The  double  mark  shows  the  end  of  the  stanza.  The  words 
in  Italics  belong  to  some  other  verse  of  the  stanza,  as  indicated  in  the  notes. 

1.  First  verse.  3.  Second  verse.  5.  First  verse.  7.  Second  verse. 

2.  Third  verse.  4.  Fourth  verse.  6.  First  verse.  8.  Fourth  verse. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII.  233 

^  ^  V# 

Yolavi  perjliquidum  aethera  pennis,  |  vacans  deliciis  sci¬ 
entiarum,  |  suavesque  recessus  tentavi,  |  vftreosque  fontes 
Pieridum ;  || 

CM 

Sed  dura  Necessitas,  non 1 2  superabilis ,a  fraenat  cuncta 
quocunque  vertor ;  |  ipse  Orpheus 3 4 *  non  commisit  tabellis 
Threiciis  medicamen.  || 

(8-) 

O  Diva  ;  nam  tu  Jovem  et  mundi  sceptra 4  concilias  ;  |  da 
mihi  transire 5  placidam  |  vitam  :  tu  frangis 6  metalli  |  duri¬ 
tiem  Chalybumque.  |j 

Ferrum  immane ;  nec  pudet  fovisse 7  indolem  |  torvam. 
Quo  miser  Admete 8  fugies  ?  |  Numen  fatale  implicuit 9  te  | 
dolosis  retibus  !  |j 

(9.) 

Sed  ne  queraris  :  nam  neque  fetus10  lenient  |  illacryma- 
bilem  Plutona  ;  |  et  ipsa  soboles  Deorum11  descendit  sub 
umbras  |  Cimmerias.  || 

Quin  illa  immemor  foedi  cespitis  |  errabit  inter  domos 
coelicolum,  |  nigrisque  cupressis  mutabit  j  laeta  juga  Elysiae 
silvae. 

(10.) 

Posui  in  te  spem  meae  salutis,  |  orbis  Servator  ;  libera 
me 12  faucibus  hostium,  |  qui  saeva  mente  |  moliuntur  interi 
tum  mihi.  || 

O  qui  tenens  sceptra  potenti  manu,  |  vindicas  crimina  pei 
omnes  gentes,  |  vindica  me,  si  rite  posco13  poenas  |  pio  in 
noeuoque  ore.  [} 

(a.) 

Securus  nil  metuo  hostes,  Deo  custode1*  |  quem  simplej-. 

1.  Second  verse.  5.  Third  verse.  9.  Fourth  verse.  12.  Third  verse. 

2.  Second  verse.  6.  Fourth  verse.  10.  Second  verse.  13.  Fourth  verse. 

3.  Fourth  verse.  7.  Second  verse.  11.  Fourth  verse.  14.  Second  verse, 

4.  Second  verse.  8.  Third  verse. 

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candor 1  animi  juvat.  |  Servat  pios,  malisque  |  assidue  mina¬ 
tur  exitium.  |[ 

Si  hostis  perstet,  gladium  jam  tenet,  |  promptus  arcum 
jam  tendit,  et  arripit  >|  ferale  telum,  et  acuit 2 3  saevo  igne  | 
lethiferas  sagittas.  || 

,|  .  -  (12.) 

Quum  fruar  non  dubia  spe  salutis,  |  Deoque  fidam,  vos 
dicitis  mihi,  |  facesse  in  remotas  rupes,  |  volucres  pavidas 
antevolans.  || 

At  tu,  bone  Rex,  potenti  dextera,  |  rebelles  domas,  et 
irrita  facis  |  furoris  vesani  decreta  ]  contra  humiles  merentes 
nil  male.  [| 

(13.)  . 

Deus  colens  asterna  templa  coeli,  |  et  sedens  in  lucido 
solio  astrorum,  |  humana  facta 3  per  terras  omnes 4  acutis  ( 
oculis  speculatur,  jj 

Illum  non  justus,  non  impius  latet,  |  intuentem  cuncta,  sed 
pronos  maligno 5  studio  ad  nefas  |  justus  moderator 6  orbis  | 
odit  ex  animo.  || 

(14.) 

Vos,  0,  qucecunque’’  potentia  sacra  Jehovee  |  amabili  verbo 
fecit,  |  qusecunque  Creator 8  tam  bene 9  in  certum  ordinem  | 

disposuit,  || 

Dicite  carmen  sublime,  dicite  |  numen  sublime  :  Dei  per¬ 
petuum  |  favorem  unaque  nobiscum  |  perpetuo  plausu  cele¬ 
brate.  || 

(15.) 

Oblivia  saeculorum  te,  breves  te  |  sequuntur  anni,  te  fuga 
mensium  |  velociorum,  te  versicolor 10  ordo 11  dierum  |  comi¬ 
tatur  ;  || 

Alta  virtus  sedet  tecum  decora 12  laurigeram  |  frontem,  et 
veritas  filia,  |  cui  immortale  fulgens  vultus  |  radiatur  pur¬ 
pureo  igne.  || 


1.  Third  verse. 

2.  Fourth  verse. 

3.  Fourth  verse, 


4.  Fourth  verse. 

5.  Third  verse. 

6.  Fourth  verse. 


7.  Second  verse.  10.  Fourth  verse. 

8.  Fourth  verse.  11  Fourth  verse. 

9.  Fourth  verse.  12.  Second  verse. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


235 


(16.) 

Ne  citus  vertas 1  injuriosa  orbita  |  columnam  quam  labor 
tenuis  |  camoense  struxit;  curru  parce,  |  metuende  gravi 
falce  parce.  || 

Et  tu  surgens 2 3 4  vertice  superbo  in*  flammeas  |  arces,  ac¬ 
cincta*  mille  sonantibus  \  pennis,  et  antevolans 5  parentis  j 
rapidos  jugales.  || 

.  '  (17.) 

Fama,  duc  per  spatia  puri  aetheris,  |  duc  me  tramite  inso¬ 
lenti  ;  tentabo 6  devius  |  recessus1  inaccessos  profanis  |  pe¬ 
dibus  invidiae.  j| 

Sic  cycnus 8  recumbit 9  margine  flexuosi  fluminis,  |  dividens 
carmina  ;  |  mox  fata,  mollita  nil  cantu,  |  premunt  ora  liqui- 
damque  vocem.  [| 

(18.) 

O  tellus  alma,  mater 10  suave  rubentium  |  rosarum  ;  si  tua 
myrteta11  languidum  [  amorem  delectant,  |  si  Cytherea  fluctus 
patrios.  || 

Et  fulgida  quondam  delubra 12  sacrarum  Cycladum  [  lin¬ 
quit,  si  Paphon  et  Cnidon  |  permutat  Cyprique  recessus,  | 
tuo  sole,  Syriisque  lucis  ;  || 

Musa13  cara  Cupidini  non  silebit  te,  ]  et  cara  Cupidinis 
matri,  |  non  templa  et  marmor 14  insculptum  per  urbes,  | 
cedros  odoriferasque,  || 

Et  culmina  nigra  palmis  debito  j  fraudabit  hymno.  Sed 
gravior  chelyn  |  Camoena  invitam  deposcit,  |  modulata  car¬ 
men  flebilius.  j| 

(19.) 

Alma  quies  ei1 5  mite 16  coelum11  non  semper  regnat19  per 
Syriam,  |  et  urbium  |  majestas  illaesa :  quos 19  gremio 20  maligno  | 
tellus  malefida  || 

Furores  celet,  moenium  fragmina,  |  pronaeque  turres,  tem- 

1.  Second  verse.  6.  Third  verse.  11.  Third  verse.  16.  Second  verse. 

2.  Second  verse.  7.  Fourth  verse.  12.  Second  verse.  17.  Second  verse. 

3.  Second  verse.  8.  Second  verse.  13.  Second  verse.  18.  Second  verse. 

4.  Third  verse.  9.  Second  verse.  14.  Fourth  verse.  19.  Fourth  verse. 

5.  Fourth  verse.  10.  Second  verse.  15.  Second  verse  20.  Fourth  verse. 


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plaque  disjecta 1  funditus  |  non  leni  fragore,  et  |  monumenta 
tuse  lapsae  fames,  || 

Testes,  Bersea  ;  cum  Parca 2  rapax 3 4  stravit 4  decus  Syriae  | 
manu  furenti,  j  mosstisque  tenebris  velavit  |  lucem  polli¬ 
citam  meliora.  ||  r 

•  (20.) 

Musa,  quo,  quo  proripis  me  1  Tumultus 5  raucos 6  audio,  | 
mist.aque  virginum  |  matrumque  lamenta,  et  fremitus1  viro¬ 
rum' 3  ruentum  |  per  plateas  :  j| 

Et  cadavera  fceda  cruenta  tabe,  |  et  saxa  lapsa  diris  frago¬ 
ribus,  ]  sedesque  caducas  contemplor,  |  et  patulas  biatu  subito  || 

Cavernas  Orci.  En,  ut 9  Terror 10  horridum  caput  |  luridus 
alte  erigat !  |  En,  ut  torva 11  Libitina 12  per  umbras  triumphali  | 
penna  ruat !  || 

Heu,  nox13  ista 14  praegnans  irreparabili  strage  [  fugit. 
Iterum  fors  decus,  |  celsamque  coronam  murorum,  |  et 
famam  veterem  sine  labe,  [| 

Dies  candidior  redonet  urbi :  |  sed  quis  soletur15  conjugem 
carentem  conjuge,  J  orbaeque  parentis  j  profugas  spes,  la- 
cerumque  pectus  ?  |[ 

Est  mane :  vagans  per  relliquias  urbis,  |  quid  nunc  con¬ 
spicis  viator  ?  Deserta 16  atria,  |  deformesque  vicos,  |  et 
saxi  mutili  monumenta,  || 

Et  passim 17  ingentia  fragmenta 18  turrium  dirutarum,  [  et 
delubra 19  carentia  voce,  |  circa  quae  rabiosa 20  turba P  ferarum  | 
praedam  petit,  |j 

Aut  cadaver 22  sordidum  indecoro  pulvere  |  putret.  Sed 
7izc23  modo  inter 24  virgines,  |  et  choreas  dulces,  |  et  liquidos 
susurros  fidium,  || 

Ludebat,  fervens35  igne  et  deliciis  novae  |  juventae:  nunc 
lustravit 26  aliud  solum,  |  ignotumque  littus,  |  non  fruiturus 
tepida  aura.  || 

1.  Third  verse.  8.  Fourth  verse.  15.  Third  verse.  21.  Fourth  verse. 

2.  Second  verse.  9.  Second  verse.  16.  Third  verse.  22.  Second  verse. 

3.  Second  verse.  10.  Second  verse.  17.  Second  verse.  23.  Third  verse. 

4.  Second  verse.  11.  Fourth  verse.  18.  Second  verse.  24.  Third  verse. 

5.  Second  verse.  12.  Fourth  verse.  19.  Third  verse.  25.  Second  verse^ 

6.  Second  verse.  13.  Second  verse.  20.  Fourth  verse.  26.  Third  verse. 

7.  Fourth  verse.  14.  Second  verse. 


ALCAICS, 


SECOND  DIVISION. 

Alcaic  Stanzas,  to  be  converted  into  Latin. 

■  ,  CO 

'  .  r 

1.  The  succeeding 1  day  urges  on  the  previous  one,2 3 4  J  a 
changer 3  of  affairs,  taking  away  what  was  [before],  |  and 
bringing  forth 4  [things]  hot  hoped  for  :5  the  urn6 7  mingles  | 
the  vicissitudes 7  of  either  lot.  || 

2.  But  if  the  adamantine  law 8  reclaims 9  the  mortal  gift 10 
which  it  had  before  bestowed ,u  |  yet  true  virtue  hath  learn¬ 
ed 12  neither  to  perish,  [  nor  to  vary 13  [her]  countenance.  |j 

3.  Heli  now  walks15  in  the  Elysian  fields,  adorned 16  as  to 
[his]  sacred  |  head  with  the  deserved 17  laurel,  |  and  |  asso¬ 
ciates  with 18  the  high-souled 19  shades  of  pious  kings20  |j 

4.  An  accepted 21  guest :  whom  good  Rudolphus 22  accom¬ 
panying,  |  noble  among  the  spirits  below,23  I  admires,  and 
the  ancient  Olliosfi  and  J  Wittichindus  stern 25  with  rugged 26 
arms. 

(3.) 

1.  Now  learn21  to  adapt25  unusual29  measures  to  [your]  songs,  | 
0  Saxons,  having  suffered  great 30  [afflictions],  |  and,  [your] 
strings 31  being  changed,  |  celebrate  the  joyous 32  day. 33  |] 

2.  Now  [is  it  fitting]  to  add  chaplets 34  to  the  temples, 
now  is  it  fitting 35  J  that 36  at31  all  the  altars  both  the  people 

1.  Posterior.  12.  (Fourth  verse.)  21.  Acceptus.  29.  Insolens. 

2.  Prior.  13.  Vario.  22.  (Second  verse.)  30.  Magna. 

3.  Novator.  14.  Iile.  23.  Inferi.  31.  Chorda. 

4.  Promo.  15.  (Incedit :  third  24.  Ottonesque  pris-  32.  Laetificus. 

5.  Sperata.  verse.)  ci.  n  33.  Lux. 

6.  (Fourth  verse.)  16.  (Decorus  :  sec-  25.  Trux.  34.  Sertum. 

7.  Vices.  •  ond  verse.)  26.  Rigidus.  35.  Decet. 

8.  (Second  verse.)  17.  Promeritus.  27.  (Discite:  second  36.  (Accusative, with 

9.  Reposco.  18.  Sociatur.  verse.)  inf.) 

10.  (Second  verse.) '19.  Magnanimus.  28.  (Aptare:  third  37.  Ad. 

11.  Dederat.  29.  (Third  verse.)  verse.) 


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and  the  fathers  |  dedicate j  with  gratulations ,2  [their]  guile¬ 
less1 1  |  vows,  a  monument  of  dutiful 4  affection.  |[ 

3.  Singing,  “  Hail,  best  of  princes  !  |  who,  [to  be  call¬ 
ed]  just,  who,  to  be  called 5  the  father  of  [thy]  country  in 
every  |  age 6  |  shall  he  celebrated''  through 8  the  histories  of 
posterity.9  j| 

4.  Thee 10  may  God,  who  governs 11  the  affairs  of  men,  J 
grant  f  we  pray,  to  preside 13  over  thy  faithful  Saxons  |  to 14 
distant1*  years,  [  strong  in  [thy]  Nestorian  old  age.”16  |j 

(3-)  ’  ~  £i 

1.  Hail!  [0]  good  king,  thy  citizens1'1  require  thee,  |  and 
approve  the  desired  omen,16  j  that  [thy]  brother's19  sceptre f 
and  the  management  of  affairs 21  be  held  by  a  brother's 22 1 
hand.  || 

2.  Thou  shunnesf3  neither  labors,  nor  the  heavy  |  cares, 
which  in  troops 24  surround 25  on  every  side  the  royal 26  throne,  | 
each 27  desiring  to  obtain 28  the  first29  place.  |j 

3.  The  Muses  rejoice 30  in  thy  protection ;  |  thee  they 
celebrate  as  [their]  hope,  thee  as  their  supporter ,31  |  and  | 
deliver  up  to  thee  their  temples  marked 32  by  the  tooth  of 
devouring 33  Time.Zi  jj 

4.  O  King,  protect  with  [thy]  propitious 35  influence36  [  the 
chaste  sisters  !  Under 37  thy  auspices  |  let  honors 38  be  pre¬ 
served  and  signally  increase 39  |  for  the  liberal 40  arts.  || 

(4.)  . 

1.  But  though,  among  impeding  stones f  sweetly  |  the 
water 12  runs  down  with  [its]  prattling  ripples  ;43  |  and  press- 


1.  Dicare. 

2.  Gratantes. 

3.  Sincerus. 

4.  Pius. 


16. 

17. 

18. 
19. 


5.  (Dicendus :  third  v.)  20. 

6.  iEvum.  21. 

7.  Nobilis  ferere. 

8.  (Per :  third  verse.)  22. 

9.  (Minorum  :  third  v.)  23. 

10.  Te.  24. 

11.  Guberno.  25. 

12.  (Det:  third  verse.)  26. 

13.  (Prseesse :  third  verse.)  27. 

14.  In.  28. 

15.  Serus.  29. 


Senecta.  30. 

(Cives  :  second  verse.)  31. 
Augurium.  32. 

Fraternus.  33. 

(Sceptra  :  fourth  line.)  34. 
(Regimenque  rerum :  35. 

fourth  verse.)  36. 

Fraternus.  37. 

Refugio.  y  38. 

Gregatim.  39. 

(Circumstant:  third  v.)  40. 
(Regale  :  third  verse.)  41. 
Quaeque.  42. 

Potiri.  43. 

(Prioris:  third  verse.) 


Gaudeo. 

Levamen. 

(Notata :  third  verse.) 
(Mordacis:  third  verse.) 
(A2vi :  third  verse.) 
Secundus. 

Numen. 

(Mark  of  ablative.) 
(Fourth  verse.) 
Insignesque  crescant. 
Ingenuus. 

Per  lapidum  moras. 
Lympha 

Undis  loquacibus. 


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239 


mg1  the  knots  of  [her]  fragrant  hair 2  |  with  the  tender 
flower  of  roses,  || 

2.  Pleasure  laughs,  while  the  bee,3  wandering  at  will*  J 
spreads  [her]  wings  heavy  with  fresh3  dew,  |  and  [its]  odor 
betrays  the  violet3  in  vain  frequenting1  secret  |  recesses.  || 

3.  Amid  the  rustlings 3  of  the  nodding  poplar,  and  j  the 
vineyard  rejoicing 9  in  the  fruitful 10  vine-branch 11  |  why 
did 12  the  traveler 13  wanderij 2)  in  sadness  j*  |  of  the  calm 15 
spring  and  the  Italian 16  |] 

4.  Region  forgetful,  while  he  gazed 17  where  the  south 
wind,13  parent  of  storms,19  J  batters 20  the  cloud-bearing 21  Alps,  [ 
indignant  at 22  the  arms  |  and  tricks 23  of  a  treaty-breaking 24 
tyrant?  || 

5.  [O]  France,  victorious  by  fraud,  of  thee,  of  thee,  with 
groans 25  j  he  demands  back 26  [thy]  prey.  Lo  /aT  |  the  vio¬ 
lated 28  majesty  of  ancient39  cities33  ]  stripped 31  of  her  trophies, 
complains.  |j 

(5.) 

1.  When33  very  many 33  a  fame3*  applied 35  j  to  the  ancient 36 
citadel31  of  Moscow  33  |  by  daring  deeds 39  never  before  seen,*0 
was  seizing 41  the  fretted  roofs 42  injlie  royal  palace,*3  || 

2.  Pierced **  with  a  smarting 45  wound,  |  the  lofty  mind  of 
the  great  Czar 46  kindled  into  flames  ;*7  and  “  Enough,”  |  he 
said,  “  of  ruins  !  |  I  will  be  a  severe 48  punisher 49  and  avenger 50 
of  the  crime.”  || 


1.  (Fourth  verse.) 

2.  Capillus. 

3.  (Second  verse.) 

4.  Libera. 

5.  (Novo  :  first  verse.) 

6.  (Prodit  odor  violam. : 

fourth  verse.) 

7.  Colens. 

8.  Sibilum. 

9.  Laetus. 

10.  Ferax. 

11.  Palmes. 

12.  Errabat. 

13.  (Viator:  fourth  verse. 

14.  Tristis. 

15.  (Sereni :  third  verse.) 

16.  Ausonius. 

17.  (Spectabat:  third  v.) 


18.  (GuaNotus: 

19.  Imber. 

20.  Pulso. 

21.  Nubifer. 

22.  Indignatus. 

23.  Dolus. 

24.  Foedifragus. 

25.  Gemens. 

26.  Reposco. 

27.  Scilicet. 

28.  Afflictus. 

29.  Prior. 

30.  (Urbium :  second  v.] 

31.  Nudus. 

32.  (Guum  :  third  verse 

33.  (Plurima  :  second  v. 

34.  (Flamma:  third  verse.' 

35.  Additus. 


v.)  36.  Vetustus. 

37.  Pergama. 

38.  Mosqua. 

39.  (Ausibus  :  first  verse.) 

40.  (Non  ante  visis :  first 

verse.) 

41.  (Corriperet:  fourth  v.) 

42.  (Laqueata  tecta :  fourth 

verse.) 

43.  Regales  per  arces. 

44.  Percitus. 

45.  Acer. 

46.  Cresar. 

47.  (Exarsjt:  first  line.) 

)  48.  (Severus  :  third  line.) 

49.  Ultor. 

50.  Vindex. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


3.  We  have  seen  the  nations'  excited 3  by  this  wrong?  | 
flow  together 4  from  all  quarters,  to  horrible 3  wars ;  j  and  the 
arrow-bearing 6  Bechires1  go6  mixed 9  with  the  hardy 10  Geloni,  || 

4.  And  thee,  O  [thou]  who,  drinking  of 11  the  snow-fed 12 
Don,13  |  trusting 14  in  the  point  of  [thy]  spear,  |  careless 15  of 
all  else,13  g overnest11  with  accuracy 18  [thy]  long-maned 19 
steed 20  with  flowing31  bridle.33  |J 

5.  A  martial  race33  came 24  from  the  stream  of  the  Danube,33 1 
trained 26  by  long  warfare  f  |  and,  changing 28  [his]  plough 29 
/or  the  sword f  |  the  Boian31  soldier  has  unaccustomed33 
arms. 

6.  Yea,  and33  Sweden3*  burning33  to  add 36  [her]  trans¬ 

marine  forces 37  |  -to  the  mighty 38  war,33  |  hath  come ;  and 
they  break  down 10  with  constant  defeats111  the  tyrant 13  wearied 
out?3  ||  » 

7.  And  now  the  Batavians  too  commence**  [their]  battles,  | 
and  the  great  leader 45  commands 46  the  unconquered  Spaniards  f 
strengthened 18  by  British 49  service,30  |  to  increase31  [their]  re¬ 
nown33  with  [new]  renown.  || 

(6-) 

1.  Now  a  more  skillful33  |  stranger,3*  carried33  [thither] 
from  the  Italian  shores?3  |  or  the  far-removed 57  [shores]  of 
the  Britons,33  |  frequents 59  the  realms 60  of  Busiris,31  and  sur¬ 
veying33  of  an  ancient  || 


1.  (Gentes :  second  verse.)  22. 

2.  Excitatus.  23. 

3.  Hinc.  -  24. 

4.  Confluo.  25. 

5.  (Horrida  :  first  verse.)  26. 

6.  (Sagittiferos :  fourth  v.)  27. 

7.  (Bechlras:  fourth  v.)  28. 

8.  (Ire  :  fourth  verse.)  29. 

9.  Permixtus.  30. 

10.  Durus.  31. 

11.  Bibens.  32. 

12.  Nivalis.  33. 

13.  Tanais.  34. 

14.  Confisus.  35. 

15.  Securus.  36. 

16.  (Cetera :  second  verse.)  37. 

17.  (Moderare :  fourth  v.)  38. 

18.  (Certus:  fourth  verse.)  39. 

19.  Jubatus.  40. 

20.  (Equum :  fourth  verse.)  41. 

21.  Efipsus. 


(Frenis :  fourth  verse.)  42. 
(Genus :  second  verse.)  43. 
Venere.  44. 

Ister.  45. 

Subacti.  46. 

Militia.  47. 

Commutans.  48. 

Aratro.  49. 

Ensem.  50. 

Boius.  51. 

Novus.  52. 

Q,uin.  53. 

(Suecia:  second  verse.)  54. 
(Ardens  :  second  v.)  55. 

Jungo.  56. 

(Copias :  second  verse.)  57. 
(Maximo  :  first  verse.)  58. 
Duellum.  59. 

Frango.  60. 

(Cladibus  assiduis :  61. 

fourth  verse.)  62. 


(Tyrannum :  fourth  v.) 
Fatigatus. 

Concito. 

(Dux  magnus  :  third  v.) 
(Jubet :  fourth  verse.) 
(Invictos  Iberos:  3dv.) 
Roboratus. 

Britannicus. 

Mars. 

Cumulo. 

Laus. 

Peritus. 

Hospes. 

Advectus. 

Ora.' 

Longeve  semotis. 
Britannum. 

Sollicito. 

(Regna :  first  verse.) 
(Busiridis :  first  verse.) 
Lustro. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII.  241 

2.  Age 1  the  footsteps,  proceeds'  through  the  darkness 
with  bolder 3  step,  |  where  the  ranks 4  |  of  kings  [once]  to 
be  feared,  with  [its]  perpetual 5  |  weight 6  the  deep  sleep7  of 
Orcus  presses  upon  ;  [| 

3.  [Ranks]  shining 8  in  vain 9  with  the  loathsome 10  honors 
of  death.  |  Why  does  it  delight  [us]  to  spend 11  [our]  toil  | 
and  cares  on  uncertain  |  funerals  ?ia  Surely 13  even  to  sepul¬ 
chres1*  themselves  their  own  || 

4.  Fates  are  given.  |  God  overthrows 15  at  will 16  the  short17 
darings  of  men,18  ]  and  to  no  labor  of  ours  does  not  |  impar¬ 
tially 19  prepare  one  [and  the  same]  overthrow .20  || 

(7.) 

1.  Not  now 21  does  Aurora,22  slowly  dissolving 23  the  twi¬ 
light2*  with  fresh 25  light,  |  hear  |  the  tuneful 26  utterance27 
borne  forth28  |  into  the  air,28  and  a  voice 30  worthy  of  the 
harp 31  U 

2.  Elicited22  from22  the  breathing  mouth2*  of  brute  marble,  | 
with  which/omer/^35  the  Ethiop  |  wonderfully  saluted  |  the 
light-bearing 36  risings  of  [his]  returning  parent  ;27  [| 

3.  Among  recesses  and  the  hollows28  of  mountains  |  the 
daring  robber 39  divides 40  among 41  [his]  companions  |  the 
plunder  snatched  either  from  a  traveler 42  J  or  the  trembling*8 
master  of  sheep**  || 

4.  And  cruel  wild  beasts  watch  in  [their]  dens,*8  and  |  the 
hope  of  [its]  future  offspring 46  to  the  bosom  of  the  sunny*1 
soil  |  the  crocodile, 48  tyrant  j  of  the  river  shore,*8  commits .50  || 


1.  jEvum.  18. 

2.  (Pergit;  second  verse.)  19. 

3.  (Audaciori :  second  v.)  20. 

4.  Ordo.  21. 

5.  Perennis.  ^  22. 

6.  Moles.  23. 

7.  Sopor. 

8.  (Nitentes :  second  V.)  24. 

9.  (Frustra :  second  v.)  25. 

10.  Fastidiosus.  26. 

11.  (Insumere  :  third  v.)  27. 

12.  Funus.  28. 

13.  Nempe.  -■  29. 

14.  (Sepulcris  :  first  verse  30. 

of  next  stanza.) 

15.  Everto.  31. 

16.  Arbitrio.  32. 

17.  (Breves:  first  verse.) 


(Hominum :  first  v.)  33. 

Alquus.  34. 

Excidium.  35. 

Jam  nec.  36. 

(Aurora:  third  verse.)  37. 
(Tarde  resolvens  :  sec-  38. 

ond  verse.)  .  39. 

Crepusculum.  40. 

Recens.  41. 

Canorus.  42. 

(Eloquium  :  fourth  v.)  43. 
Proferri.  44. 

(In  aethera  :  second  v.)  45. 
(Vocem:  second  verse  46. 

of  next  stanza.)  47. 
Cithara.  48. 

Elici.  49. 

50. 


(Ex :  second  verse.) 
(Ore :  second  verse.) 
Prius. 

Lucifer. 

(Third  verse.) 

Cava. 

Latro. 

Partior. 

In,  with  accusative. 
Viatorive. 

Trepidus. 

Pecudum. 

Invigilant  lustris. 
Proles. 

(Apricus :  third  v.) 
(Crocodilus :  fourth  v.) 
Fluminea  orre. 

(Third  verse.) 


X 


242 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION, — -PART  VII. 


(8-) 

1.  0  if  [thou]  any1 11  inhabitant  of  the  air 2  standest  by,  j 
and  striking 3  a  lute 4  worthy  of  Elysium,  |  inspires t6  a  pas¬ 
sion6  not  granted1  before  |  in  the  amazed 8  mind,  || 

2.  Go,9  [and]  being  borne 10  to  the  bright  courts ,u  tell ,12 1  tell 

to  the  manes  of  Arminius,  [now]  enjoying  happy  ease™  |  with 
what  a  war™  |  with  wharf6  auspices  the  Germans 16  a  second 
time 17  weary  out 18  a  tyrant.  ||  , 

3.  What  wonder  when  both  shame  and  [their]  allegi¬ 
ance, 19  |  changed  not  without  much  glory,  |  beguiles 20  them t21 
toiling,22  and  |  old  age 23  [itself]  helmeted2*  loves26  the  war?  |] 

4.  What  wonder  when  the  whole  Volga26  mindful  [of  its 
wrong],  with  the  Tanais,  |  rushes  o?i27  with  auspicious 28  im¬ 
petuosity  ,29  |  and  Moscow,  the  altar  of  Liberty,  [still  breathes 
[her]  infuriated 30  blast  !31  || 

5.  Repaying 32  deaths 33  with  a  just  death  ;  |  avenging 34 
force  is  at  hand :  with  free-born  impetuosity36  |  all  Europe 
now  rises  again,  |  and  hurls  down36  the  tyrant  headlong.  || 

6.  Io !  it  is  accomplished!31  [O]  France,  thou  art  con¬ 
quered .33  |  Who  may  endure 39  tile  attack 40  of  the  free  ?  j 
Press  onf  [ye]  conquering  masses  !i2  |  Smile 13  the  trembling 
robber  to  the  ground.™  |) 

7.  So,  then  f  that  madness  of  thine 46  now  ceases,  |  after 
having  belied 47  in  vain  the  torch' 18  of  the  lightning  :49  nor  [  a 
conqueror,  as  before*  |  dost  thou  shake  the  nations  triumph¬ 
ed  over 50  with  [thy]  blood-stained 51  axle.  J| 


1.  Q.uis. 

2.  iEther. 

3.  Pulso. 

4.  Chelys. 

5.  (Insinuas :  fourth  v. 

6.  (Furorem :  fourth  V/ 

7.  Concessus. 

8.  (Stupenti:  third  v.) 

9.  Age. 

10.  Advectus. 

11.  Lucidas  aulas. 

12.  Dic. 

13.  Feriatis. 

14.  Mars. 

15.  Queis. 

16.  (Germani:  third  ver 
17  Iterum. 


18.  (Fatigent :  third  verse 

19.  Fides. 

20.  Fallo. 

21.  (Illos :  first  verse.) 

22.  Laboro. 

23.  Canities. 

24.  Galeatus. 

25.  (Amat :  third  verse.) 

26.  (Second  verse.) 

27.  Proruo. 

28.  Auspicatus. 

29.  Impetus. 

30.  Furialis. 

31.  Flabrum. 

32.  Rependens. 

)  33.  Funus. 

34.  Ultrix. 


)  35.  Impete  libero. 

36.  Ruo. 

37.  Peractum  est. 

38.  Vinceris. 

39.  Perfero. 

40.  Impetus. 

41.  Insto. 

42.  Victrices  catervae. 

43.  Sterno. 

44.  Humi. 

45.  Ergo. 

46.  Ista  rabies. 

47.  Mentior. 

48.  (Facem :  first  verse.) 

49.  Fulmineus. 

50.  (Triumphatas:  third 

51.  Purpureus. 


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243 


(9.) 

1.  The  main,1  divided 3  on  either  side3  by  the  artist’s 4  lyre,  | 
leaped  asunder 5  with  stiffening  tide,6  and  j  the  deep  seas 1  hung 
around  [them]  going, .[  with  marble  walls*  |[ 

2.  The  waves  saw 9  thee,  [0]  God,  raging  with  wondrous 
onset;10  |  and  with  liquid  foot  |  fled.  The  waters 11  stretch - 
ed  forth13  on  high  |  fear  itself  froze1 3 1| 

3.  And  amid  the  lashings 14  of  the  thick- coming15  hail,  |  and 
the  waves,  and  the  flames,  |  and  the  warrings 16  of  tumultu¬ 
ous11  winds,  proud  |  Pharaoh’s  rein-bearing  wings,10  |i 

4.  And  [his]  chariots  and  spears,  the  bloody  sea,  |  now 
with  no  empty 19  name,  overwhelmed  30  |  poured  over  widely; 
the  bloody  |  furrows  the  mindful  wave  still31  preserves.  i| 

(10.) 

1.  O,  who  despises33  the  sacred  admonitions  of  places33  to 

be  reverenced  ?34t  |  who,  [0]  ancient  mother 25  of  cities,  | 
hath 26  unmoved  passed  by(36)  thee,31  lying  prostrate ,28  |  with. 
flying/oo£?29  ||  ' 

2.  In  vain,  excited30  to  madness31  by  the  avenging33  deity,  | 
the  Persian  conqueror33  against 34  [thy]  walls  hostile 35  |  de¬ 
struction 36  hurled,  and  [against  thy]  roofs  set  on  fire  ;  |  and 
[thy]  empty  || 

3.  Courts31  burst  through 38  with  barbarian  foot:  [  in  vain 
the  fierce  soldier 39  triumphing,  with  unpitying 40  |  right  hand 41 
overthrew 42  the  sanctuaries 43  and  images 44  of  the  gods.  || 

(no  ' 

1.  With  how  great  desire  |  have  I  burned 45  to  visit  the 

1.  (Pontus :  second  verse.)  16.  Duellum.  31.  In  furores. 

2.  Ruptus.  17.  (Trepidantium:  second  32.  (Ultore:  second  verse.) 

3.  Hinc  atque  hinc.  verse.)  33.  (Victor:  fourth  verse.) 

4.  Artifex.  18.  Frenigeras  alas.  34.  (Dative.) 

5.  Dissilio.  "  19.  Non  inani.  35.  Hosticus. 

6.  Rigenti  freto.  20.  Proruo.  36.  (Exitium  :  fourth  v.) 

7.  (Maria  alta:  fourth  v.)  21.  Adhuc.  37.  Aula. 

8.  Marmoreis  muris.  22.  (Temnit :  second  v.)  38.  Perrumpo. 

9.  (Videre  fluctus :  second  23.  (Locorum :  second  v.)  39.  (Miles  atrox :  fourth 

verse.)  24.  Verendus.  verse.) 

10.  Impetus.'  25.  (Mater:  third  verse.)  40.  Immiserabilis. 

11.  (Undas:  fourth  verse.)  26.  (Praeteriit:  fourth  v.)  41.  (Dextra:  fourth  verse.) 

12.  Porrectus  27.  Te.  42.  Prosterno. 

13.  Glacio.  28.  Jacentem.  43.  Delubrum. 

14.  Verber.  29.  Planta. .  44.  (Simulacra :  fourth  v.) 

15.  Creber.  30.  Concitus.  45.  Flagro. 


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temples  of  P cestum1  and  demolished 2  citadels,  |  and  the  city, 
which,  once3  buried,  j  is  herself  the  survivor  of  her  own 
tomb .4  || 

2.  To  be  able  to  wander 5  beneath  an  Italian  sky,  |  by 6  the 
pleasant 7  bay  of  beautiful  Naples,8  |  or,  reclining 9  under  a 
delightful 10  cave,  |  the  precipitous 11  waters  of  the  Ani'o12 1| 

3.  And  the  murmur 13  of  the  fountain  of  Bandusia,  sacred 
to  a  poet  |  to  hear !  Thus ,14  [O]  greatest  |  Rome,  do  the 
fates  will 15  that  thou  be  left  unseen  f  I  the  unf  riendly 17  fates  ?  || 

4.  Ah!  who,m  enduring 18  such  things,  can  forbear12  I  from 

not  unjust 20  complaints  ?  Alas  !  |  [my]  pleasant 21  dreams  22 
when 23  sleep 24  is  driven  from  [my  eyes],  |  fly  away  into 
%/h25  air,26  -  •  ' 

5.  But  though2''  I  am  leaving 28  shores  dear  [to  me],  |  and 
exchanging22  golden  suns30  for  clouds  f  |  and  dark32  pines,  | 
and  the  coasts  of  a  northern  country33  f  or  myrtle  groves f  || 

6.  Not  me,  having  turned  back ,35  either  placid  lakes  j  or 
odorous 36  woods  [detain],  not  the  rugged  majesty3'1  of  the 
Alps  detains:  |  [to  me]  having  [once]  turned  back,  |  [my] 
country,  and  [my]  hpme,  is  the  goal 38  of  [my]  journey.  || 


3.  THE  SAPPHIC  STANZA. 

1.  The  Sapphic  Stanza  takes  its  name  from  Sappho,  the 
well-known  poetess  of  Lesbos,  and  contemporary  of  Al¬ 
caeus. 

2.  It  consists  of  four  lines,  the  first  three  of  which  may 
be  called  Sapphics,  and  the  last  an  Adonic,  or  Dactylic 
Dimeter  Acatalectic. 


1.  (Paestana templa:  first  v.) 

2.  Dirutus. 

3.  Quondam. 

4.  Suo  tumulo. 

5.  Vagor. 

6.  Ad. 

7.  Amoenus. 

8.  Parthenope. 

9.  Reclinis. 

10.  Gratus. 

11.  Praeceps. 

12.  Anifinis. 

13.  (Second  verse.) 


14.  Siccine.  27. 

15.  (Fata  volunt :  fourth  v.)  28. 


16.  Non  visus.  29. 

17.  Inimicus.  30. 

18.  Ferendo.  31- 

19.  Temperet.  32. 

20.  Iniquus.  33. 

21.  Jucundus.  34. 

22.  (Somnia :  fourth  v.),  35. 

23.  (Abi.  abs.)  36. 

24.  Sopor.  37. 

25.  (Leves  :  second  verse.) 

26.  Auras.  38.  Meta. 


Quamvis. 

Deseram. 

Muto. 

(Ablative.) 

(Accusative.) 

Nigrantes. 

Patriae  Borealis. 
(Myrtetis:  third  verse.) 
Reversus. 

Odorus. 

(Pncrupta  majestas : 
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3.  The  three  Sapphics  consist  each  of  a  trochee,  a 
spondee,  and  a  dactyl,  followed  by  two  trochees :  the 
Adonic  consists  of  a  dactyl  and  a  spondee. 

4.  Hence  the  scale  of  the  Sapphic  Stanza  is  as  follows  : 


EXAMPLE. 


Jam  satis  terris  ||  nivis  atque  dirae 
Grandinis  misit  |[  pater,  et  rubente 
Dextera  sacras  ||  jaculatus  arces, 

Terruit  urbem. 

5.  The  Caesura  always  falls  in  the  third  foot,  and  is  of 
two  kinds,  namely,  the  Strong  and  the  Weak.  The  strong 
caesura  falls  after  the  first  syllable  of  the  dactyl,  and  makes 
the  most  melodious  lines,  as  in  the  stanza  just  quoted.  The. 
weak  caesura,  on  the  other  hand,  falls  after  the  second  syl¬ 
lable  of  the  dactyl ;  as  in  the  following  : 

Laurea  donandus  ||  Apollinari 

Pinus  aut  impulsa  ||  cupressus  Euro. 

6.  Horaee  generally  has  the  strong  caesura. — If  the  third 
foot,  however,  has  the  weak  caesura,  it  must  be  followed  by 
a  word  of  two  or  more  syllables.  Thus,  besides  the  two 
lines  just  given,  we  may  cite  the  following : 

Concines  majore  \\ poeta  plectro 

Caesarem  quandoque  ||  trahet  feroces,  &c. 

7.  The  conjunction  et  may  follow  the  caesura ;  and  in 
one  instance  an  is  found  in  this  position ;  as, 

O  decus  Phoebi  et  dapibus  supremi. 

8.  The  second  foot  may  not  end  a  word,  unless  it  be  a 
monosyllable  followed  by  another  monosyllable  ;  as, 

Iliae  dum  I  se  nimium  querenti. 

Belluis  nec  |  te  metuende  certa. 

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Spiritum  quam  |  si  Libyam  remotis. 

Sanguinem  yer  |  quos  cecidere  justa. 

9.  The  third  foot  may  end  with  a  word ;  as, 

Grata  carpentis  thyma  |  per  laborem 
Adriae  novi  sinus  |  et  quid  albus 
Rite  crescentem  face  |  Noctilucam 
Jam  satis  terris  nivis  |  atque  dirae. 

10.  This  verse  may  end  with  a  monosyllable ;  as, 

Alme  sol,  curru  nitido  diem  qui. 

Vocis  accedet  bona  pars,  et  0  Sol. 

Sed  palam  captis  gravis  (heu  nefas  !  heu!). 

Psene  natali  proprio,  quod  ex  hac. 

11.  A  final  et  after  an  elision  is  very  common.  The 
preposition  in  is  also  found  in  this  place.  Thus, 

Septimi  Gades  aditure  mecum,  et 
Cantabrum  indoctum  juga  ferre  nostra,  et. 

Plena  miraris,  positusque  carbo  in 
Procidit  late,  posuitque  collum  in. 

V. 

12.  The  dactyl  of  the  Adonie  verse  is  sometimes  part  of 
a  word,  of  which  the  beginning  is  in  the  preceding  line  ;  as, 

Labitur  ripa,  Jove  non  probante  ux — 

orius  amnis. 

Thracio  bacchante  magis  sub  inter — 

lunia  vento. 

Grosphe  non  gemmis  neque  purpura  ve — 

nale  nec  auro. 

'V  V  ,  \  Tf 

13.  The  verses  are  sometimes  considered  as  one  con¬ 
nected  series,  so  that  a  final  syllable  is  cut  off  before  the 
initial  vowel  of  the  next  line :  but  more  commonly  they 
are  not  so  considered;  as, 

Dissidens  plebi  numero  beator[wm 
Eximit  virtus.  ( Hor .,  Od.,  ii.,  2.) 

Mugiunt  vaccae,  tibi  tollit  hinnitlwm 
Apta  quadrigis  equa.  (Hor.,  Od.,  ii.,  16.) 


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The  following  are  examples,  in  Horace,  of  the  third  line 
being  unelided : 

Neve  te  nostris  vitiis  iniquim 

Ocior  aura.  ( Od .,  i.,  2.) 

Unde  vocalem  temere  insecutae 

Orphea  silvae.  (Od.,  i.,  12.) 

Nec  Jubae  tellus  generat,  leonwm 

Arida  nutrix.  (Od.,  i.,  22.) 

14.  As  regards  the  Accentuation,  the  following  may  be 
remarked. — When  the  caesura  is  after  the  fifth  syllable, 
the  Sapphic  verse  is  accented  on  the  sixth,  or  both  fourth 
and  eighth. — Horace  only  admits,  as  an  occasional  variety, 
the  accent  on  the  fifth  and  seventh,  or  the  fifth  and  eighth. 
Thus, 

Gr&ndinis  misit  pater  et  rubente. 

1  23  45  6789 10 11 

Dextera  sacras  jaculatus  arces. 

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11 

Grata  carpentis  thyma  per  laborem. 

12345  678  9  10  11 

Concines  majore  poeta  plectro. 

1  2  3  4  5  6  789  10  11 

Caesarem  quandoque  trahet  feroces.  )  ,  k  7 
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  1011  $  ’  ’  ’ 


Syllables  on  which 
the  accent  falls. 

I  1,  4,  6,  8,  10. 
^  1,  4,  8,  10. 

I  1,  4,  6,  8,  10. 
I  1,  5,  8,  10. 


SAPPHICS. 


FIRST  DIVISION. 

Arrange  the  following  Words  in  Sapphic  Stanzas. 

:  \  W 

Garruli 1 2  rivi 2  lactis  et  mellis  fusi  per  aprica  |  secuere 
campos,  |  et  plenae  ripce3  tumuere  nectare 4  superfuso.  j| 

(2-) 

Laetior  seges  vulgo  fluctuat 5  inquietis  |  culmis,  frugum 
uberes 6  campi 7  titubantque,  j  nec  avara  cestas 8  invidet 9  sul¬ 
cis.  [| 

;  -0  'J  _  o  ^  ^  _ 

Pastor  comitatus  errantes  haedos,  I  raucas  cicadas  calamo 

provocat:  |  colles  et  silva10  anhela  mugiunt  fessis  |  juvencis.  [| 

(4-) 

Lingua  adulatrix,  blandiens11  tacito  veneno,  [  meditatur 
caecos  ictus.  |  O  Deus,  O  alme  Pater  rerum,  |  perde  ne¬ 
fandam  gentem1*  || 

(5.) 

Alme  Pater,  redde  conatus  vanos  ;  |  quique  linquunt  te 
sentiant 13  meritas 14  poenas 15  suorum  scelerum,  |  recisi 16  ab 
ima  stirpe.17  || 


(6.) 

Sed,  tuti  bonitate,  semper  tua  [  gaudeant  qui  impavidi 18  posuere 
sibi19  certam 20  spem  in  te 21  uno,  |  tuumque  adorant 22  nomen.23  || 


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O'-) 


^  u  v”7  -Jv*  w 

Namque  benignus 1 2  recreas 2  rectos  animique  puros 

dqxtra  larga  opum,  |  et  protegis 3 4  umbra 4  tui  favoris  tanquam 

clypeo.  || 

^  .  •(8-)  V  \ 

j  Bone  Rector^orbij,  aecrnus  exaudi  |  poscentem  aequa :  | 
caj>e  aure5j Ton  iriiqua  querelas ,6  quids7 8  lingua  non  mendax 
profundit  tibi.9 10 1|  — 


ugio  laesus  ad  tuum  tribunal,  |  et  appello  fidem ;  peto 


. 


■J  vi 


te 11  cTTgmtorem  milii ;  |  aspice 12  benignis  oculis  justos13  op¬ 
pressos.  || 

(10.) 

Saepe  cautus14,  inspexti15  cogitatus 16  mihi 17  arcanos ,18  per 
solas  tenebras  tacitae  |  noctis,  |  trepidoque  motu 19  turbida 20 
corda.  || 


(ii.) 

Saepe,  probasti  animum  duris 21  casibus 22  ceu  flammis,  j 
neque  fraudis 23  scelerumque 24  conscium 25  comperisti,  |  mm- 
antem 26  sceva37  sonti.  || 


(12.) 

Animo  os  concors  fuit,  sonusque  |  sensui.  Pectus  f  in¬ 
nixum 29  monitis  tuarum  legum,  |  horruit 30  scelera  impiosque 
ausus.31  || 

(13.) 

Rege  gressus  per  orbitam 33  tuarum  legum33  hac  via  |  ne34 
'pedes33  vacillent  dubio  |  lapsu,  instabilesquejpZtmtas36  lubrica 87 
turbent.  || 


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(14.) 

Voco  te,  fugio 1 2  duris  periclis  ad  scspe3  tentatam 3  opem  ;  | 
admove 4  benignus 5  attentam 6 7  aurem1  miseris 8  questibus 9  pre- 
c antis.  || 

(15.) 

Tu  fulci  bonus  qui  committunt 10  salutem  spemque 11  tibi :  | 
tetricus 12  refrcena13  vindice u  dextra,13  spiritus 16  dor  dis1 7  con¬ 
tumacis  tibi.  |1 

(16.) 

Providus 18  muni 19  me  velut  tenellam  pupillam  oculi ;  |  pro¬ 
cul  impetu30  impiorum,  |  cowde21  trepidum  sw&22  umbra33  tua¬ 
rum  alarum.  || 

(17.) 

Nam  manus  impiorum  imminet3i  meae  vitae  :  |  opibus  val¬ 
lant,  intonant 25  superbis  |  linguis,  minantur 26  dira  mala  saeva 
voce37 1| 

(18.) 

Aditus  cunctos  viarum  obsident  ;  |  observant  commoda 
loca,  destinantque  |  ad  caedem  meam,  facinusque  absens 23 
mentibus 29  patrant.  || 

(19.) 

Qualis  leo,/ermdws30  ira,  fertur  in  praedam  ;  |  qualis  leonis 
catulus,  J  depulsus  lacte,  abditus31  alto  antro33  speculatur.  || 

(20.) 

Neu  sine  ut^a^ws33  impotentum  divitum 34  premat  me  vi ;  | 
quibus  est  una  cura,  |  carpere 35  dum  licet,  caducas  ille¬ 
cebras  blandae  vitee36  || 


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SAPPHICS. 


SECOND  DIVISION. 


Sapphic  Stanzas ,  to  be  converted  into  Latin. 

e-) 

1.  A  sure  reward 1  awaits  the  prudent  and  brave  [man],  | 
a  comforter 2  of  watchful  labors,  j  who  neither,  on  storms 
having 3  suddenly  arisen, (3)  j  hesitates,  deprived  of  reason  *  \\ 

2.  Nor,  trusting 5  to  the  calm 6  sea,  |  hopes 1  that  he  has  «Z- 
ready 8  reached  the  harbor  of  the  near 9  coast,10  |  despising 11 

clouds,12  collected 13  ora  Z/ie  extreme  edge  of 14  j  the  deep.  [J 

3.  The  impulse 15  of  x  fervid10  mind  has  destroyed  many,  | 
and  |  [their]  too  free  voice11  flying18  swift  from  an  incautious 
mouth,  the  bridle 19  being  loo  loosely  held  20  || 

4.  Torpid 21  lethargy 22  has  destroyed  others,  |  languid  ease, 
and  a  breast 23  destitute 24  of  ready 25  |  counsel,  and  trembling 20  j 
terror  from  empty 21  shadows.  (| 


(2.) 

1.  Both  wars  and  kings,  and  the  various  lot  |  of  nations, 
and  remarkable 28  men,  and  noble20  darings  |  thou  relatest,  or 
weighest30  in  the  just  |  balance31  of[ thy]  scale  32 1| 

2.  What  the  modern 33  age  of  men  elaborates ,34  j  now  seek¬ 
ing  rara7/i  raa?a&35  cto36  a  denied  object31  |  now  blindly 38  fall¬ 
ing  back30  into  sluggish' 10  darkness.  || 


1.  (Palma:  second  verse.)  15.  (Impetus:  second  V.)  27.  (Vanis:  third  verse.) 

2.  Solatrix.  16.  Calens.  '  28.  Insignis. 

3.  Exortus.  17.  (Liberidr  vox:  fourth  29.  (Nobiles:  third  verse.) 

4.  Amens.  verse.^  30.  (Pensas :  fourth  verse.) 

5.  Fidens.  .  18.  Volito,  31.  Examen. 

6.  Placidus.  19.  (Fraenq  :  second  verse.)  32.  (Trutinae :  third  verse.) 

7.  (Sperat:  third  verse.)  20.  (Nimis 'remisso :  second 33.  Recens. 

8.  Jamjam.  verse.)  34.  Elaboret. 

9.  (Propinqui:  first  verse.)  21.  Torpens.  35.  (Debili:  third  verse.) 

10.  Litus.  22.  Veternus,  38.  Jaculum. 

11.  Temno.  23.  (Pectus  :  third  verse.)  37.  Finis. 

12.  (Nubila:  fourth  verse.)  24.  Inops.  38.  (Caeca:  fourth  verse.) 

13.  Glomeratus.  25.  Paratus.  39.  (Rclabens :  fourth  v.) 

14.  Extremo.  26.  Trepidus,  40.  Iners, 


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3.  Or  shoivest1  what  lies  hid,  concealed 2  in  the  old  |  pages3 
of  Hellas?  or  lioiv5  the  people  |  of  Romulus  imitate  Grecian 6 
arts  |  with  Latin  mouth.  |] 

4.  Thou,  too?  art  present,  an  adviser  of  [what  is]  both 
right  and  good 9  |  in  all  things,  and  a  monitor  |  skillful  to 
touch 9  with  a  sharp 10  word  vice  and  empty  follies.11  || 


(3.) 

1.  Mayest  thou  have 12  the  tranquil 13  fruits  of  [thy]  labors  !  | 

mayest  thou  have  a  green 14  old  age15  for  a  long  space  ! 16  and  | 
[thy]  office11  having  been 18  strenuously 12  borne?3)  through 
fifty20  years,  ||  -  •  - 

2.  Mavest  thou  live  memorable 21  to  the  succeeding 22  gen- 

J  r 

eration  /”  ]  as2*  Ulysses,  patient  of  toil25  |  (whom  the  god- 
dess2' !  Pallas  loved,  quick 21  with  [his]  crafty23  inventions)?2  || 

3  Having  wandered30  over  the  sea  and  [many]  lands  with 
various  |  adventures?1  at  length  in  [his]  paternal  fields  | 
spent 32  a  sweet  life?3  [his]  son  and  wife3*  being  [his]  com¬ 
panions?5  II 

(4.) 

1.  Suns  set  and  return,  |  the  moon36  wanes31  and  repairs 
[her]  form  ]  by  a  fixed 38  law  32  what  stars  the  rising  sun 40 
put  to  flight  |  with  [his]  light?1  || 

2.  [These]  the  night  brings  back  :  the  herbs  and  various 
flowers,  |  as  many  as 42  the  loosened 43  earth  pours  forth  from 
[her]  bosom,  |  the  colds **  of  severe 45  winter 46  kill*1  with  no 
true  death.  || 


1.  (Monstras :  second  v.)  17. 

2.  (Abditum  :  second  v.)  18. 

3.  Charta.  19. 

4.  (Helladis:  first  verse.)  20. 

5.  (Ut:  third  verse.)  21. 

6.  Grams.  22. 

7.  Idem.  23. 

8.  Rectique  bonique.  24. 

9.  (Tangere  :  fourth  v.)  25. 

10.  (Acuto:  second  verse.)  26. 

11.  (Nugas:  fourth  verse.)  27. 

12.  Sint  tibi.  28. 

13.  Placidus.  29. 

14.  Virens.  30. 

15.  Senecta.  31. 

16.  (Ablative.)  32. 


(Munere :  fourth  v.) 
(Gesto :  fourth  verse.) 
Impigre. 
Q.uinos'decies. 
Memorande. 

Posters. 

Genti. 

Q-ualis. 

jErumna. 

Diva. 

(Celer :  third  v.) 
(Vafris:  third  v.) 
(Repertis:  third  v.) 
Vagatus. 

Casus. 

Duco. 


33.  (Vitam  :  fourth  verse.) 

34.  (Conjuge  :  fourth  v.) 

35.  Sociaque. 

36.  (Luna:  third  verse.) 

37.  Decresco. 

38.  (Certa:  first  verse.) 

39.  (Lege  :  second  verse.) 

40.  (Phoebus :  fourth  v.) 

41.  Lumine. 

42.  Q,uot. 

43.  Resolutus. 

44.  (Frigora:  fourth  verse.) 

45.  Iniquus. 

46.  (Brumae:  fourth  verse.) 

47.  Perimo. 


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3.  The  milder  Zephyrus  breathing  will  call  |  all  things 
into  flower  :l  Zephyrus  calling,  |  the  renewed  grace 3  of  the 
beautiful  Spring3  will  clothe  the  fields.  || 

4.  We,  the  masters  of  the  world,  threaten  great  things  :  | 
great  things  !  but  when  the  space  of  life  is  gone  through,  | 
when  will  a  second*  life  restore 5  us  to  the  upper  air  ?6  [| 

(5.) 

1.  That  thou  art  the  greatest 1  ornament  to  thy  lands,  | 
every  choir  here  sings,  every  age,  |  and  the  hollow  rocks, 
and  fields3  clothed 9  with  yellow  |  harvests.  || 

2.  For,  thou  watching  through10 frequent1-1  nights,  |  thou 
purchasing 12  peace  by  thy  cares,  |  safe  sleep 13  possesses 14 
both  the  rural  districts 15  and  quiet  |  cities.  |j 

3.  Youth,  rejoicing ,16  possesses11  peaceful  leisure ;18 1  happy 
old  age  enjoys  peaceful  leisure  ;  |  the  cattle ,19  enjoying  rest ,20 
sweetly 21  crop 33  the  unlaxed 23  herbs.3*  || 

4.  And30  Pleasure,30  seductive  plague,31  whicli(35)  is  ever 
irritating3*  the  minds  of  the  powerful  with  [her]  fierce30 1  ex¬ 
citements,30  |  fears  thee,  and  is  banished 31  from  thy  ]  court.  || 

5.  The  song  and  harps  of  Phoebus  delight  thee,  |  and 
the  whispering  shades  of  Helicon,  ]  and  the  crowned 
Muses33  afford  thee  festive  joys. 33  jj 

(6.) 

1.  No  madness 34  of  a  greedy  mind  j  thee35  impels  ;  wise¬ 
ly  thou  despisest36  the  yellow  gold  |  and  jewels,  [0]  most 
excellent  prelate,31  given3*  to  the  black 39  Moors*0  || 

2.  A  higher  care  warms 41  thy 42  sacred  breast  [Mvith  celes- 

1..  In  florem.  -  16.  Gaudeo.  29.  Vesanus. 

2.  (Gratia :  fourth  verse.)  .17.  Agito.  30.  Stimulis. 

3.  (Veris:  fourth  verse.)  18.  Otium.  31.  (Exsulat:  fourth  v.) 

4.  (Altera:  fourth  verse.)  19.  Pecus.  32.  (Musae:  fourth  verse.) 

5.  (Reddet :  fourth  verse.)  20.  Otiosus.  33.  (Gaudia :  fourth  verse.) 

6.  Superas  in  auras.  21.  (Suaviter:  fourth  v.)  34.  Rabies. 

7.  Summus.  22.  Carpo.  35.  (First  verse.) 

8.  (Arva:  fourth  verse.)  23.  Immunis.  36.  (Spernis:  third  verse.) 

9.  Amictus.  24.  (Herbas:  fourth  verse.)  37.  (Prfesul :  third  verse.) 

10.  (Mark  of  accusative.)  25.  Quaeque.  38.  (Third  verse.) 

11.  Creber.  26.  (Voluptas:  second  v.)  39.  (Ater:  third  verse.) 

12.  Redimo.  27.  (Blanda  pestis :  third  40.  Mauris. 

13.  Sopor.  verse.)  41.  (Coquit :  second  verse.) 

14.  (Occupat:  fourth  v.)  28.  (Semper  irritat :  second  42.  Tibi. 

15.  Pagus.  verse.) 

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tial  fire,  so  that  |  thou  desirest  to  go  to  the  scorched 1  Gcetu- 
lians ,2  and  |  to  visit  the  African 3  Syrtes.  || 

3.  Thou  feelest  compassion 1  that  nations,  relying 5  on  im¬ 
pious  Mohammed,6  \  the  great 7  price  of  the  divine  blood,8  \ 
should  go9  under  the  shades 10  as  victims  of  dire  Orcus.  || 


4.  This  so  great1  11  destruction 52  of  a  people  rushing  |  into 
the  darksome 13  fires  of  Phlegethon  |  excites 14  thee, 16  and 
cleaves 16  thy 17  sacred  heart  with  a  bitter 18  |  wound.  || 

(7-) 

1.  [O]  Paullus,  why  do  we  pursue  fugitive'9  |  Glory  with 
unprofitable 20  weapons  1  She 21  rages  like  a  warring 22  Par¬ 
thian,  |  cmJ  returns 28  wounds 24  from  [her]  very  |  back.  || 

2.  The  noisy96  favor*6  of  the  multitude 27  refuses 28  to  be  the 
guest99  of  one  roof ;  |  here  with  empty 30  |  ear  it  gathers 31  ru¬ 
mors,  thence  |  it  mixes"  false  wra'JA  trued3 1| 

3.  Here  it  hath  clung as  if  going  to  fix 35  [its]  nest ;  | 
presently,  when  it  hath  deluded 36  the  empty  breast36  with  [her] 
vain  tumult,  |  with  silent  |  wings 37  it  springs39  on  high.39 

4.  True  merit 40  shuns 41  being  known."  The  beautiful 
Sun 43  himself  |  prevents  himself  from  being  seen 44  by  his 
own  |  light.  [He],  who  has  endured 45  to  be  entirely 46  con¬ 
cealed ,47  |  is  considered  greater.  ]| 

5.  The  skiff 48  passes  successfully 49  the  mute  banks ;  | 


[but]  as  soon  as  they 50  have  roared 51  with  hoarse  rocks,  |  do 
thou,  wise,  remember  to  tun  "  [thy]  cautious  prow 53  to  the 
side.  II 


1.  (Perustus :  second  v.) 

2.  Gaetuli. 

3.  (Afras  :  third  verse.) 

4.  (Miseraris  :  third  v.) 

5.  Fretus. 

6.  Mahomete. 

7.  Grandis. 

8.  Cruor. 

9.  (Ire  :  fourth  verse.) 

10.  (Fourth  verse.) 

11.  Tantus. 

12.  Strages. 

13.  Tenebrosus. 

14.  Uro. 

15.  (First  verse.) 

16.  (Fourth  verse.) 

17.  Tibi. 

18.  Acerbus. 


19.  Fugax. 

20.  (Cassus :  first  verse.) 

21.  Illa. 

22.  (More  bellantis:  third  \ 

23.  Regeritque. 

24.  (Fourth  verse.) 

25.  (Garrulus :  second  v.) 

26.  (Second  verse.) 

27.  (Vulgi :  second  verse. 

28.  Nego. 

29.  Hospes. 

30.  Inanis. 

31.  Lego. 

32.  Remisceo. 

33.  (Veris:  third  verse.) 

34.  Haereo. 

35.  Posituras. 

36.  (Pectus illusit:  third  v. 


37.  Alis. 

38.  Subsilio. 

39.  (In  altum :  third  verse.) 
.)40.  Laus. 

41.  Fugio. 

42.  Sciri. 

43.  (Titan  :  second  verse.) 

44.  Videri, 
i  45.  Potuit. 

46.  Totus. 

47.  Lateo. 

48.  Cymba. 

49.  Bene. 

50.  Q.uae  simul. 

51.  Strepo. 

52.  (Fourth  verse.) 

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(8.) 

1.  [0]  Thebans)  prohibit  foreign  customs  by  a  beautiful  J 
law ;  and  teach 1  [your]  sons 2  their  country’s  laws  |  and 
pious  rites,  and  hereditary  |  sacred  ministrations .*  || 

2.  Let  sacred 5  Right 6  visit1  [thy]  temples,  Equity 8  [thy] 
forums  ;  |  let  Truth,  and  Peace,  and  Love  walk 9  through 
all  |  [thy]  streets  ;10  let  all  crime  from  [thy]  chaste  |  city  be 
banished}1  || 

3.  There  is  no  wall  [against]  crime )2  Punishment 13 
hath  burst 14  through)5  the  high  |  towers  of  cities,  and  [their] 
triple  gates.  |  The  lightnings 16  are  on  the  watch 17  against  all  | 
faults.  1| 

4.  Let  Deceit  resembling 18  the  Truth ,19  and  the  proud  | 
thirst  of  reigning 20  be  banished,  and  the  desire  |  of  lazy 21 
gain,  and  sluggish  plenty™  with  silent  |  luxury.  || 

5.  Let  severe 23  poverty 24  learn  to  dow  J/e25- the  public  rev¬ 
enues,26  |  and/or27  arms  let  iron  |  be  enough.  The  soldier25 
often 29  fights  ill  |  in  plundered 30  gold.  || 

6.  Whether  the  matter 31  [be]  to  be  done32  in  war33  or  \ 
peace,  join  together 34  [your]  collective35  forces.36  |  High  tem¬ 
ples 37  rest 38  better  on  a  hundred 39  j  columns.  |j 

7.  Several 40  stars*1  teach 12  more  certainly 43  the  ship 44  wan¬ 
dering  among  rocks.*5  |  ^  anchor 46  Z/es47  the  prow  more 
strongly 48  with  a  double 49  |  fo7e.50  || 

8.  Allied 51  strength 52  grows  with  an  eternal  bond.53  j 


1.  (Second  verse.) 

2.  (Docete:  fourth  verse, 

3.  (Natos:  third  verse.) 

4.  Sacra. 

5.  Sanctus. 

6.  Fas. 

7.  Lustro. 

8.  A3quum. 

9.  (Third  verse.) 

10.  Vicus. 

11.  Exulet. 

12.  Sceleri. 

13.  (Pana :  third  verse.) 

14.  (Perrupit:  third  verse. 

15.  Per. 

16.  (Fourth  verse.) 

17.  Vigilo. 

18.  Concolor. 


19.  Vero. 

,)  20.  Regnum. 

21.  Deses. 

22.  (Fourth  verse.) 

23.  (Second  verse.) 

24.  (Second  verse.) 

25.  Gemino. 

26.  Census. 

27.  In. 

28.  (Fourth  verse.) 

29.  Olim. 

30.  (Rapto :  third  verse.) 

31.  Res. 

32.  Agitandus. 

33.  (Plural.) 

34.  Socio. 

35.  Collatus. 

36.  Vires. 


37.  (Fourth  verse.) 

38.  Recumbo. 

39.  Centeni. 

40.  (Plures:  second  verse.) 

41.  (Second  verse.) 

42.  (Docuere  :  second  v.) 

43.  (Certius  :  second  v.) 

44.  Carina. 

45.  Scopulus. 

46.  (Fourth  verse.) 

47.  Revincit. 

48.  Fortius. 

49.  Geminus. 

50.  Morsus. 

51.  Socialis. 

52.  (Robur :  second  verse.) 

53.  Nexus. 


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256  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 

Anger ,  agitated 1  through 2  the  secret 3  quarrels 4  of  the  more 
opulent,  |  overthrows*  great  |  cities.  || 

(9.) 

1.  [0]  river!  every  leaf  in  the  thick 7  wood  \  feels8  thy 
force  8  and  with  trembling 10  motion  |  confesses 11  that  thou  art 
the  lord  of  the  valley,  |  of  the  beautiful 12  valley.  [| 

2.  The  caves  answer  the  leaves  ;13  and  J  the  tower  which 14 
long  age  has  cemented,15  J  resounds  the  same 16  with  ac¬ 
cordant 17  voice,  and  trembles  from  [  [its]  lowest  seats.  J] 

3.  But  thy18  course19  is  through  beautiful  fields,  |  and  in 
proportion  as 20  thou  art  deservedly  called  strong,  |  so 21  thou 
flowest  with  easy  course,  and  with  a  wave 22  bounteous  j  to 
all.  || 

(10.) 

'  /  S  -  ' 

1.  O  safety  of  the  world  f  easy™  to  be  appeased 25  by  the 
penitential 26  tears  of  those  who  prayf  j  mildly 28  hear 29  [me] 
entreating  |  [thee] ,  and  wash  away30  the  foul  impurities31  of 
[my]  sins.  || 

2.  Wash  away 32  the  pollution33  of  [my]  sin  again  and 
again  ,34  |  until  [my]  body  35  cleansed 36  from  [its]  shameful 37 
stains38  |  may  shine  more  purely  than  gold39  refined 40  in  the 
fresh1  || 

3.  [Thou]  alone  art  the  witness  to  me  of  [my]  secret 2 
[wickedness]  ;  [thou]  alone  |  [art]  really  privy  to  it  ;43  con¬ 
fute 44  the  wicked 45  tongues 46  |  of  those  who  censure 47  thy 
deedsia  with  audacious 49  rashness.50  || 

1.  (Third  verse.) 

2.  (Per :  third  verse.) 

3.  Arcanus. 

4.  (Rixas  :  third  verse.) 

5.  (Eruo  :  fourth  verse.) 

6.  (Third  verse.) 

7.  Densus. 

8.  Sentio. 

9.  Vis. 

10.  Tremulus. 

11.  Fateor. 

12.  Amoenus. 

13.  Foliis. 

14.  Cluam  turrim. 

15.  Solidavit.- 

16.  (Idem  :  first  verse.) 

17.  Concors. 


18.  Tibi. 

19.  Iter. 

20.  Quamque. 

21.  Tam. 

22.  (Fourth  verse.) 

23.  Rerum. 

24.  (Facilis:  second  verse., 

25.  (Flecti :  second  verse.) 

26.  (Mollibus  :  second  v.) 

27.  Precantum., 

28.  (Lenis  :  third  verse.) 

29.  (Exaudi :  third  verse.) 

30.  (Ablue  :  fourth  verse.) 

31.  (Sordes:  fourth  verse. 

32.  Lavo. 

33.  Labes. 

34.  Usque  et  usque. 


35.  (Third  verse.) 

36.  Repurgatus. 

37.  Pudendqs. 

38.  Macula. 

39.  (Fourth  verse.) 

40.  Recoctus. 

41.  .(Fourth  verse.) 

42.  Arcanus. 

43.  Arbiter  verax. 

44.  (Refuta:  fourth  verse.) 

45.  (Improbas :  third  verse.) 

46.  (Third  verse.) 

47.  Judicantum. 

i  48.  (Fourth  verse.) 

49.  (Temerario  :  second  v.) 

50.  (Ausu:  second  verse.) 


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(11.) 

1.  Violence  and  wrong1  dread 2  thy  sight.3  |  Thou  art 
the  enemy  of  guile?  and  of  slaughter 5  eager  after  hlood ; 6  | 
thou  wilt  destroy' r  the  tongue  daring  to  invent 8  |  falsehoods  3 1| 

2.  But  [I],  relying  on 10  thy  goodness ,u  |  will  approach 
[thy]  sacred 12  threshold ;  [1]  will  enter  thy  temples  ;  |  [I] 
will  religiously13  worship 14  thy  holy  majesty 15  with  devout 16 
prayers.11  || 

3.  Do  thou,  [0]  God!13  [my]  leader,13  hear  before 20  for  me 
the  light 21  of  thy 23  favor?3  that  [I]  may  shun  the  crafty 24 
snares 25  |  of  [my]  enemies,  |  and  direct 26  [my]  steps 27  m- 
barrassed 28  with  doubt39 1| 

4.  Truth30  shuns  i/ie  sight31  of  [my]  enemies.  |  Fraud  and 
villany 32  inhabit33  [their]  breast  ,*34  |  more  filthy  than  cor¬ 
ruption30  is  [their]  throat,35  which,  opening,31  gapes  after  j 
funerals  for  the  sepulchre.33 1| 

(12.) 

1.  There  is  peace  for  me  where  the  joyous  country 39 
smiles :  |  there  is  [peace]  for  me  in  the  bright 10  radiant*1 
sky ;  ]  where  the  summer 42  sea0is  silent,  and  where  j  the 
stream  gently 43  murmurs.  || 

2.  There  is  [peace  for  me]  in  the  aged?*  leaf  ess 45  wood;  [ 
there  is  [peace]  where  the  hearth  is  bright 16  at  eve 47  with 
the  flickering 48  fire  ;  |  there  is  [peace]  amid  the  quiet 19 
tone 50  j  of  a  beloved  voice.  || 

3.  Or  where  [to  me]  alone  and  silent  the  image 51  of  things  | 

1.  Nefasque.  18.  (Deus:  second  verse.)  35.  Putri. 

2.  Metuit.  19.  (Dux :  third  verse.)  36.  (Second  verse.) 

3.  Vultus  (plur.).  20.  (Prcefer  :  third  verse.)  37.  Recludo. 

4.  Fraudum.  21.  (Lumen :  second  verse.)  38.  Busto. 

5.  (Caedis :  third  verse.)  22.  (Tuse  :  third  verse.)  39.  Rura. 

6.  Cruor.  r  23.  (iEquitatis  :  second  v.)  40.  Clarus. 

7.  (Recides:  fourth  v.)  24.  Dolosus.  "  41.  Radians. 

8.  Simulo.  25.  Cassis.  42.  ASstivus. 

9.  Falsa.  26.  (Fourth  verse.)  43.  (Levis :  third  verse.) 

10.  Fretus.  27.  (Gressus :  fourth  v.)  44.  AnnoSus. 

11.  Bonitas.  28.  Csecus.  45.  Sine  fronde. 

12.  (Sacrum:  first  verse.)  29.  Dubio,  46.  Luceo. 

13.  Rite.  30.  Verum.  47.  (Vesperi :  third  verse.) 

14.  Adoro.  31.  Ora.  48.  Incerto. 

15.  (Numina:  fourth  v.)  32.  Spurcities.  49.  Placidus.- 

16.  Castus.  33.  Incolit.  50.  Loquela. 

17.  (Votis :  fourth  verse.)  34.  (Pectus  :  first  verse.)  51.  (Facies  :  second  verse.) 

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past1  returns  ;2  |  or  if  [things]  about  to  come 3  arise*  amid  | 
the  dreams  of  [me]  waking .5 1| 


4.  THE  OTHER  HORATIAN  MEASURES. 

1.  IAMBIC  TRIMETER. 

•  -  *  s 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  three  metres,  or  six  feet, 
originally  all  Iambi,  and  when  a  line  of  this  kind  still  oc¬ 
curs,  it  is  called  a  pure  Iambic  line. 

2.  Afterward,  however,  in  order  to  vary  the  rhythm  and 
diminish  the  labor  of  the  poet,  a  spondee  was  allowed  in 
the  odd  places  of  the  verse,  the  iambus  still  occupying  the 
even  places. 

3.  In  the  even  places,  the  long  syllable  of  the  iambus 
was  resolved  into  two  short  ones,  and  thus  the  tribrach, 
which  is  isochronous  with  the  iambus,  gained  admission. 

4.  In  the  odd  places,  by  resolving  the  first  long  syllable 
of  the  spondee,  an  anapaest  was  formed;  and, by  resolving 
the  second  syllable,  a  dactyl. 

5.  Thus  eventually  all  these  feet  were  employed  in 
lambic  measure,  subject,  however,  to  certain  restrictions, 
which  will  now  be  specified,  namely, 

1.  An  iambus  is  admitted  into  every  place  of  the 
verse. 

2.  A  tribrach  is  allowed  to  enter  into  every  place  but 
the  last. 

3.  A  spondee  may  be  used  in  the  uneven  places,  that 
is,  the  1st,  3d,  and  5th  of  the  trimeter,  and  the  1st  and 
3d  of  the  dimeter.  But  it  can  never  enter  into  the  even 
places  of  an  Iambic  line. 

4.  A  dactyl  may  be  used  in  the  uneven  places,  like 
the  spondee ;  but  its  appearance  in  the  fifth  place  of  the 
trimeter  is  very  rare. 

5.  An  anapaest,  also,  is  admitted  into  the  uneven 


1.  Ante  gestus. 
2=  Recurso, 


3.  Ventura. 

4.  (Fourth  verse.) 


5.  (Vigilans :  third  verse.) 


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places,  and  in  the  fifth  place  seems  to  have  been  par¬ 
ticularly  affected  by  the  Roman  tragic  writers. 

6.  A  proceleusmatic,  or  double  pyrrhic,  is  sometimes 
found  in  the  first  place  of  a  Latin  lambic  Trimeter. 

6.  The  scale  of  the  Iambic  Trimeter  is  therefore  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

)  )  1 ) 
1)1))) 

) )  1  1 ) ) 

) 

W  'w'  ' — 

— 

V-/  ^  W 

— 

- - ' 

.  t  , 

N - '  - 

7.  It  must  not  be  supposed,  however,  that  every  verse 
that  could  be  made  to  agree  with  the  preceding  scheme 
would  be  admissible.  The  tribrach  and  dactyl ,  as  also  the 
anapaest,  must  be  but  rarely  employed. 

8.  Either  the  third  or  the  fourth  foot  has  nearly  always  a 
ca3sura. 

9.  The  accent  is  of  great  importance  in  this  metre,  and 
attention  to  it  will  lead  to  the  rejection  of  many  construc¬ 
tions  of  the  verse  that  would  be  correct  according  to  the  table 
of  admissible  feet. 

10.  An  accent  should  fall  either  on  the  second  syllable  of 
the  third  foot,  or  on  the  second  syllables  of  both  the  second 
and  fourth  feet. 

EXAMPLES. 

(With  accent  on  the  second  syllable  of  the  third  foot.') 

Ibis  |  Liburnllis  mt\e r  al||ta  navfium.  || 

At  si  |  quis  a||tro  dent\e  me  ||  momord[erit.  || 
Positoslque  vern||as  d^lis  ex||amen  {  domus.  || 

Ut  gaudiet  inlls^lva  de||cerpens  |  pyra.  || 

Quo  quo  |  scelest|ji  rm|tis  1  aut  ||  ^ur  dexlteris. 

{With  accent  on  second  syllable  of  both  the  second  and  fourth 

feet.) 

Utrum|ne  jws||si  per|seqMe|lmur  ojtium.  jj 


IAMBIC  TRIMETERS. 


FIRST  DIVISION. 
Arrange  the  following  in  Iambic  Trimeters • 
•  (!•) 

Cura  tua  semper  praesens  et  semper  vigil 
Vidit  me  conditum  in  silentio  uteri ; 
Eademque  provida  cura  secuta  est  me 
Cum  pependi  infantulus  ad  mammam  matris. 

'C2') 

Per  multa  discrimina  abditae  mortis 
Aperta  et  tuta  via  porrecta  est  eunti, 

Per  vitiique  fallacia  blandimenta 
Ferentia  periculum  prae  caeteris. 

Cum  tabescerem  acutiore  vi  morbi, 

Saepius  recreasti  me  sanitate, 

Et  cum  crimine  et  doloribus  gravarer, 

Tua  gratia  revocavit  in  salutem. 

(3.) 

Cum  natura  cesset,  nec  dies  amplius 
Noctesque  monstrent  tua  opera  per  vices, 

Cor  usque  memor,  quae  feceris  gratiose 
Revolvet  et  venerabitur  fideliter, 

Per  millies  millena  seva  canticum 
Movebo,  Jeliova,  gratitudinis  tibi ; 

Sed,  O,  nimis,  brevis  est  nimis,  nec  laudibus 
Vel  tota  aeternitas  sufficit  tuis. 

(4.) 

Quam  beati  sunt,  .Tehova,  qui  colunt  te ! 

Quam  certa  salus  tute  es  verentibus  te ! 


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Mens  aeterna  regit  eos,  dux  et  comes 
Et  potestas  major  omnibus  adjuvat. 

In  regnis  exteris,  locisque  dissitis, 

Securus  et  salvus  tua  vigilantia 
Peragrabam  per  ardentes  plagas  coeli, 

Et  sanus  hauriebam  insalubrem  aera. 

(5.) 

Mecum  recogita,  recogita,  mea  anima, 

Quo  horrore  perculsa,  videris  ponti 
Profunditates  erutas  ex  imo  sinu, 
Montesque  fluctuum  imminentes  montibus  ! 
Sed  inter  haec  pericula  salvum  et  illaesum 
Tua  paterna  clementia  reddidit  me, 

Dum  anima  recepit  se  ad  tuum  numen 
Confisa  precum  violentiae  humillimae. 

(6.) 

Procella  obediens  tuo  dicto  siluit, 

Recessit  ventus,  tranquillitas  reddita  est, 

Et  aequor,  quod  saeviit,  te  imperante, 

Illud  idem  desaeviit,  te  imperante. 

Vita  mea,  si  dignaberis  meam  vitam 
Servare,  consecrabitur  tibi,  Jehova  ; 

Et  mors,  siquidem  mors  est  futura  portio, 
Dabit  meam  animam  adunatam  tibi  soli. 


/ 


IAMBIC  TRIMETERS. 


SECOND  DIVISION. 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Iambic  Trimeters. 

(!•) 

1.  Whoever,  after  so  many  gloomy1  deaths, 

2.  Having  abominated  the  untamable  violence 2  of  dire3  Mars, 

3.  Hast 4  ever  addressed (4)  the  angry  deities  in  prayers, 

4.  Thai 5  quiet,6  long  denied,  having  returned ,7  the  human 

race 9 

5.  Might  gladden 9  again  with  [her]  wished-for  counte¬ 

nance.  ' 

6.  Whoever^  [hast  addressed  them]  that  the  honor 10  due  to 

the  liberal 11  arts 

7.  Return,  and  to  the  sweet  leisure  of  letters, 

8.  And  that  the  Muses,  bound 12  [as  to  their  temples]  with 13 

festive  boughs ,(13) 

9.  Walk  through  the  Vatican1*  porticoes. 

10.  Now  [is]  the  time  to  hasten 15  [your]  white  victims, 

1 1 .  [Now  is]  the  time  [to  hasten  your]  votive  incense  ;16 

now  solemn 17 

12.  Gifts  to  place 18  on  the  sacred  couches.13 

13.  At  length  the  good  Celestials36  have  given  all  [things]. 

1.  Let  this  one 21  confide 22  in  arms,  with  a  crowd 23  of  clients, 

2.  Let  another 24  defend  himself f  and  with  the  forces  of 

[his]  soldiery ; 


1.  Ater. 

2.  Impotentia. 

3.  (First  verse.) 

4.  Adlsti. 

5.  Ut. 

6.  (Fifth  verse.) 

7.  Redux. 


8.  Gens. 

9.  Beo. 

10.  Decus. 

11.  Honestus. 

12.  Tmplicatus. 

13.  Frondibus. 

14.  Vaticanus. 


15.  Expedire, 

16.  (Plural.) 

17.  Solennis. 

18.  Aptare. 

19.  Pulvinar. 

20.  Ccelites. 


21.  Hic. 

22.  Fido. 

23.  Plebe. 

24.  Alter.  _ 

25.  (Se :  previous 

verse.) 


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3.  From  thee  alone,1 2  Creator  of  the  world,  my  hope 

4.  Hangs,  and  looks  to0  [thee]  alone  amid 3 4  evil 4  affairs. 

5.  Do  thou,  holy5  parent,6 7  bring  it  to  pass,1  that  to  [my]  in¬ 

solent 

6.  Enemies  [my]  unavailing 8  hopes  be  not  a  source  of 

derision .9 

7.  So  wilt  thou  free  me  from  shame ;  nor  will  a  blush 

8.  Spread  confusion  over  the  faces10  of  the  rest,11  who 12  in 

thee,  [0]  God, 

9.  The  anchor  of  [their] reliance10  have  placed.1* 

10.  Them  let  [their]  hope  disappoint ,15  and  of fruitless16  hope 

1 1 .  Let  the  shame  and  grief  torture11  [all  those]  who,  through 

a  Jove16  of  impurities 19 

12.  Contaminate 20  themselves  with  impurities  ; 

13.  And,  provoked 21  by  no  injury,  the  good 

14.  Delight  to  harass.™  Unto  me,  through  the  random 23 

windings 24 

15.  Of  life,  and  rugged  places™  and  darkness, 

10.  Show  the  right  way  ;26  and  [me],  rescued 27  from  the 
pursuing 28 

17.  Waters  of  error,  by  the  guiding™  splendor00  of  thy  light, 

18.  Lead 31  unto  the  path  of  truth. 

(3.) 

1.  O  thrice  happy 32  [he],  who  with  pure  mind  God 

2.  Reveres  :33  unto  him,  whatever 34  path™  of  life 36  he  em¬ 

braces, 

3.  God  is  ever  present  as  a  guide 

4.  And  director,™  and  prospers 38  all  [his]  actions.™ 

5.  [His]  mind  secure,  anxious  fear  [being]  far  awayf 


1.  Unus. 

2.  Respicio. 

3.  In. 

4.  Malus. 

5.  Sanctus. 

6.  Genitor.  ' 

7.  Efficio. 

8.  Inanis. 

9.  Risui. 

10.  Confundet  ora. 

11.  Ceteris. 


12.  (Next  verse.) 

13.  Fiducia. 

14.  Colloco. 

15.  Frustror. 

16.  Irritus. 

17.  Torqueo. 

18.  (Next  verse.) 

19.  Sordium. 

20.  Contamino. 

21.  Provocatus. 

22.  Vexo. 


23.  Vagus. 

24.  Anfractus. 

25.  Salebrae. 

26.  (Iter:  previous 

verse.) 

27.  Erutus. 

28.  Sequax. 

29.  Praevius. 

30.  (Next  verse.) 

31.  Deduco. 


32.  Beatum. 

33.  Veneror. 

34.  Qualiscunque. 

35.  (Institutum : 

next  verse.) 

36.  (Next  verse.) 

37.  Rector. 

38.  Prosperat. 

39.  Actio. 

40.  Procul. 


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6.  Shall  enjoy  all 1  'plenteousness 2  abundantly .3 

7.  A  long  series,  too,  of  descendants 4  shall  strengthen' b  [his] 

line,  ’  - 

8.  And  [his]  race?  blooming 7  with  many  a  shoot? 

9.  Shall  transmit  paternal  riches*  to  grandsons. 


(4.) 

1.  O  holy  guardian 10  of  mankind,  with  friendly  light 

2.  Look 11  upon  me,  and  me?2  abandoned 13  by  all, 

4  3.  And  needy?*  protect1*  with  [thy]  holy  right  hand  ; 

4.  And  from  cares,  which  in  very  great  numbers 16  consume 17 

* 

[my]  mind, 

5.  And  always  rend 18  [me]  with  new  pangs?9 

6.  Free 20  [thou]  :  extend  forgiveness21  [unto  me],  exercised 22 

continually 23  and  continually 

7.  By  cruel2*  inflictions ?*  and  overwhelmed 26  with  labors  ; 

8.  Mercifully 27  forget  [my]  faults. 

9.  Alas  !  how  great  force  of  an  impious  faction29  me 

10.  Pursues29  with  arms  !  me  how  great  cruelty 

11.  Seeks  to  destroy  with  [its]  implacable"  hatred. 

(5.) 

1.  The  king  of  the  Celestials 31  praise  [ye],  the  good  king, 

2.  And  at  no  time  not  kind 32  to  his  own. 


3.  Who  with  words  shall  equal 33  [his]  deeds  ?  with  elo¬ 

quence 

4.  Who  shall  compass 34  his 35  power  ? 

5.  O  thrice  happy  they  who  love 36  righteousness ?7  and 

6.  Who  always  observe 38  the  requirements 39  of  thy 40  law  ! 

7.  Indulgently*1  and  kindly 42  remember  us  [with  the  mercy], 


1.  Cunctus. 

2.  Copise. 

3.  Affluenter. 

4.  Stirpis. 

5.  Firmo. 

6.  Genus. 

7.  Floridus. 

8.  Propago. 

9.  Opes. 

10.  Custos. 

11.  Intueor. 

12.  (Next  verse.) 


13.  Destitutus.  23. 

14.  Inops.  24. 

15.  Tueor. 

16.  Plurimus.  25. 

17.  Peruro. 

18.  Differo.  26. 

19.  Dolor.  27. 

20.  Exsolvo.  28. 

21.  (Ignosce  :  eighth  29. 

verse.)  30. 

22.  (Exercitato :  31. 

next  verse.) 


Usque.  32. 

(Immanibus :  33. 

previous  v.)  34. 

Poenis :  previous  35. 

verse.)  36. 

Obrutus.  37. 

Mitis.  _  38. 

Factio.  39. 

Persequor.  40. 

Inexpiatus.  41. 

Coelites.  42. 


Benignus. 

Aequet. 

Assequetur. 

Illius. 

Amantes. 

ASqui. 

Tuentur  jugiter. 
Praescripta. 
(Previous  verse.) 
Facilis. 

Favens. 


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265 


8.  With  which  mercy  thou  art  wont 1  to  regard1  2 3  thy 3  people. 

9.  [We],  a  wicked 4 5  offspring,  with  [our]  wicked  fathers, 

10.  Rebels 5  against  thee,  have  done  many  misdeeds .6 

11.  We  have  perpetrated7 8  abominable 8  dire  [things]. 

(6.); 

1.  For  neither  from9 10 11  the  bondage-house16  of  the  Egyptian 

tyrant, 

2.  F^ee  through 11  thee,  did  our  parents  thy 

3.  PFicmtZers12  carefully 13  weigh ,14  nor  thy 

4.  Mercy 15  remember  with  grateful  minds  : 

5.  But,  by16  the  waters  of  the  Red17  Sea,18  against 19  [their] 

leaders, 

6.  The  crowd  murmured 20  with  contumacious 21  minds. 

7.  Still,  however*2  a  good  parent,  thou  remittest 23  against 

the  wicked 24 

8.  [Their]  punishments,  that  thy  clemency 

9.  The  world 25  may  acknowledge  26  and  tremble  at21  [thy] 

power. 

10.  For  unto  [thee],  rebuking28  [it],  the  water  of  the  billows 

yielded  ; 

11.  The  mass  suspended  on  this  side  and  on  that 29  through 

12.  The  sands  of  the  tranquil  brine20  a  dry21  way  gave, 

13.  As  if  they  were  planting22  firm22  footsteps  on  the  plains. 

14.  Until  freed  from  the  tyrant,  and  the  cruelty 34  of  [their] 


enemies, 

15.  In  safety 35  they  held 36  safe  shores  ; 

16.  Whereas  [their]  foes,  in  the  eddying27  whirlpool,28 

17.  The  water  swallowed  up  29  so  that  wo40  herald  of  defeat 

18.  Survived!1  There,  then,  put  in  possession  of  safety,*2 


1.  Qua  soles  cle-  12.  Ostentum. 

mentia.  13.  Graviter. 

2.  Prospicio.  14.  Pondero. 

3.  (Previous  verse.)  15.  Clementia. 

4.  Scelestus.  16.  Propter. 

5.  Rebellis.  17.  Ruber. 

6.  Iniqua.  18.  A3quor. 

7.  Perpetro.  19.  (Adversus:  i 

8.  Abominanda.  verse.) 

9.  Ex.  20.  (Obmurmuni 

10.  Ergastulum.  next  verse.) 

11.  Per.  21.  Contumax. 


22.  At.  32.  Figerent. 

23.  (Remittis :  next  33.  Solidus. 

verse.)  34.  (Next  verse.) 

24.  Malus.  35.  Tutus. 

25.  Orbis.  36.  (Tenuere:  next 

26.  Agnosco.  verse.) 

27.  Tremo.  37.  Vorticosus 

t28.  Comminanti.  38.  Gurges. 

29.  Hinc  et  indes  39.  Absorbeo 

:  30.  (Sali:  previous  40.  Nec. 

verse.)  41.  Super  esset. 

31.  Aridus.  42.  Salutis  compotes. 


z 


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19.  They  both  gave 1  belief  unto  [his]  words,  and  in  festive1 2  3 


strains 3 

20.  Sang  the  power  of  [his]  divinity. 

(7.) 

1.  Raised  again 4  from  the  led 5  of  death, 

2.  Wholly 6 7 8 9  enwrapped 7  in  guilt,  and  overwhelmed 8  with 

fear,  ’ 

3.  When  I  shall  meet 9  my  Creator  /ace  to  face,10 

4.  O  what 11  [person]  shall  I  appear !  ’with  what  shame 

shall  I  he  covered  l1*  .  " 

5.  If  any  room 13  yet  remains  for  forgiveness,1* 

6.  And  repentance  is  not  late 10  too16  late  ; 

7.  My  soul  shudders 17  with  horror,  and  shrinks 18  into  itself, 

8.  And,  overburdened 19  ly  the  thought  f  trembles  vehemently . 21 

9.  When,  [O]  Jehova,  thou  shalt  clothe  thyself  in  terrors, 

10.  And,  sitting  on 22  [thy]  tribunal,  shalt  narrowly  inquire 

into 23 

11.  What  things  each  one  may  have  omitted,  what  things 

he  may  have  committed, 

12.  O  what  [person]  shall  I  appear !  with  what  shame 

f  shall  I  be  covered  ! 


13.  But  to  the  afflicted 24  mind,  which  repents  of  [its]  offences, 

14.  Thou  art  the  promiser  of  this 25  solace, 

15.  How  that 26  the  milder 27  expiatory  atonement20  of  tears 

16.  Shall  avert20  harsher00  [inflictions]  of  punishment.01 

17.  If  the  door 32  of  favor00  be  not  yet  closed 34  [upon  me], 

18.  Consider,00  [O]  God !  by  what  anguish36 1  am  distracted  01 

19.  And,  what  may  add 39  weight  to  [my]  anguish,  [0]  have 

regard  for39 

■ 

20.  The  wounds  which  [iny]  Redeemer  suffered  for*0  me. 


1.  Praebeo. 

2.  (Next  verse.) 

3.  Cantus. 

4.  Resuscitatus. 

5.  Cubilibus. 

6.  Totus. 

7.  Obvolutus. 

8.  Obrutus. 

9.  Obvius  dabor. 

10.  Coram. 


11.  Quis  O. 

12.  Contego. 

13.  Locus. 

14.  Remissio. 

15.  Serus. 

16.  Nimium. 

17.  Labasco. 

18.  Fugio. 

19.  Praegravatus. 

20.  Cogitando. 


21.  Contremo. 

22.  Pro. 

23.  Scrutor. 

24.  AEger, 

25.  Hujusce. 

26.  Quod. 

27.  Lenis. 

28.  Piaculum. 

29.  Deprecabitur. 

30.  Acerbiora. 


31.  Poenarum. 

32.  Ostium. 

33.  Gratia. 

34.  Praecluditur. 

35.  Perpendo. 

36.  Dolor. 

37.  Distraho. 

38.  Addant. 

39.  Respicio. 

40.  Pro. 


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267 


21.  He,  He  alone 1 2  is  [my]  hope  and  reliance ,3 

22.  Nor  shall  any  forgiveness  be  despaired  of 3 

23.  Which  thy  salvation-bearing 4  Son  hath  granted, 

24.  And  hath  purchased  and  sealed 5  with  /«<?  omw6  blood. 


1.  IAMBIC  DIMETER. 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  two  metres,  or  four  feet. 

2.  Properly  speaking,  all  the  feet  are  iambi.  It  admits, 
however,  the  variations  that  are  usual  in  Iambic  verse,  and 
its  scale,  accordingly,  is  as  follows : 


c  EXAMPLES. 

~Ami|ce  pro||pugna|cula.  || 

Jucund|a,  si  ||  contra  j  gravis,  || 

Dlsclnctjus  aut  ||  perdam  ut  |  nepos.  |j 
Turdis  |  eda||cibus  |  dolos.  || 

Vide|re  prope||rantes  j  domum.  || 

,Canidi|a  tract||avlt  |  dapes.  || 

Hiems  |  ad  hoc  ||  vertat  |  mare.  || 

N 

3.  The  following  form  must  be  avoided,  namely, 

Et  spissa  montium  coma, 

where  the  accented  syllables  are  the  second,  fourth,  and 
seventh. — Et  spissce  nemorum  comae  is  a  very  common  form 
of  the  Glyconie  verse  ;  but  et  spissa  montium  coma ,  which 
bears  the  same  accentual  cadence  (that  is,  the  acute  on  the 
second,  fourth,  and  seventh),  though  a  very  just  dimeter 
iambic  as  to  quantity,  is  not  a  Latin  verse,  because  it  bears 
the  cadence  peculiar  to  the  Glyconie. 

1.  Solus.  3.  Desperabitur.  5.  Obsignavit  emp-  6.  Proprius. 

2.  Fiducia.  4.  Salutifer.  tam. 


IAMBIC  DIMETERS. 


FIRST  DIVISION. 

Arrange  the  following  in  Iambic  Dimeters. 

(!•)  •  • 

Unice  Rector  quousque, 

Negliges  me  destitutum  ? 

An  me  obrutum  sempiterna 
Deseres  oblivione  ? 

Amabilem  vultum  quousque 
Mihi  iratus  abscondes  ? 

Turbidae  curae  quousque 
Distrahent  quietem  mentis  ? 

Cor  quousque  cruciabitur  ? 

(2.) 

^  ^  r' 

Fer  opem  et  tuam  lucem 
Infunde,  ne  lumina  mors 
Sopiat  perenni  somno  : 

Ne  arrogans  hostis  jactet 
Me  suis  viribus  fractum 
Ne  perfidi  perosi  me 
Gaudeant  meo  dolore. 

Tu  recreas  me  salutis 
Spe,  auxili  largus ;  tuum 
Parta  salute  laudibus  < 

Efferam  nomen  rex  ma^ne. 

.  *  4  f  O 

(3.) 

Ne  aemulus  livor  urat 
Te,  si  videris  beatos 
Pravos,  nec  iis  opes  Euris 
Invide  fugaciores. 


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Nam  illico  facessit  sic 
Felicitas  umbratilis,  . 
Arentibus  comis  marcent 
Ut  gramina  secta  falce. 

At  tu  fiducia  Dei 
Artibus  rectis  incumbe  : 

Ut  diuque  incolas  terram 
Donabit  ac  nutriet  te. 
Oblectatio  sit  in  hoc, 

Unica  voluptas  in  hoc  ; 

Is  jugiter  fovebit  te, 

Votique  compotem  reddet. 

(4.) 

Quod  tulit  modeste  perfer 
Laeva  fortuna  ;  neu  tumens 
Ira  prosperas  impiorum 
Cerne  res  lumine  torvo. 
Bilem  compesce  noxiam. 

i 

Ne  ad  scelus  nefarium  fors 
iEmulatio  impellat. 

Paulum  morare,  et  impium 
Videbis  nusquam ;  aspice 
AEdes,  heri  vix  superbi 
Vestigium  agnoveris. 

Otio  bonitas  modesta 
Transiget  senectam  laetam, 
Haeredibus  et  incolenda 
Praedia  paterna  linquet. 
Impius  clam  nectit  rete, 
Dolos  bonisque  concinnat ; 
Et  livido  dente  frendens, 
Ringitur  dolore  et  ira. 

Deus  cernit  haec  ex  alto, 
Minasque  irritas  ridet. 

Z  2 


IAMBIC  DIMETERS. 


SECOND  DIVISION. 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Iambic  Dimeters. 

(i-) 

1.  In  thee  have  1  placed  my  hope, 

2.  [O]  most  excellent  Creator  of  [all]  things  ; 

3.  But  do  thou  mercifully1  2  provide 3 

4.  That  [I]  be  not  ashamed 1  of  fruitless  hope* 

5.  O  just  deliverer?  from1 6  the  snares 

6.  Of  [my]  enemies  deliver 8  me  ; 

7.  Mercifully  hear  a  suppliant ; 

8.  Promptly 9  extend  [thy]  hand  to  [me],  dejected.10 

9.  Thou  art  my  strength  ;11  to  thy 

10.  Right  hand  I  commend 12  [my]  life. 

11.  Free  me,  [O]  God!  [thou  that  art]  tenacious10  of  [thy] 

compact?* 

'12.  And  mindful  of  [thy]  covenants ,15 

(2.): 

1.  Thou  art  a  sure 16  hope  to  me  ;  of  my 

2.  Trust 17  thou  art  the  haven. 

3.  In  the  midst  of  rugged 18  toils, 

4.  The  light  of  thy  clemency 

5.  Beaming 19  suddenly,  [my]  troubled 30 

6.  Soul  has  bedeived 21  with  joy. 

7.  Have  mercy  on  [me],  broken  by  so  many  evils, 

8.  Overwhelmed  by  so  many  sorrows ; 

9.  [My]  eye  darkens?0  [my]  mind  is  confused ?3 

1.  Loco.  7.  (Ab:  next  line.)  13.  (Tenax:  next  18.  Asper. 

2.  Benignus.  8.  Vindico.  verse.)  19.  Fulgens. 

3.  Prospicio.  9.  Promptus.  14.  Pactum.  20.  Turbidus. 

4.  Ne_pudescat.  10.  Abjectus.  15.  Foedus.  21.  Perfundo. 

5.  Spei  irrita.  11.  Robur.  16.  Certus.  22.  Caligat. 

6.  Vindex.  12.  Commendo.  17.  Fiducia.  23.  Stupet. 


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10.  [My]  body  has  wasted  away 1 2  with  sorrow 9 

1 1 .  The  enemy  laughs  at  me,  and  my 

12.  Misfortunes  insolently 3  insults ,4 

13.  [My]  neighbors  shrink  from5  [me]  ;  the  rest 

14.  Shun  [me],  through  fear  of  danger. 

(3.) 

1.  Thou  dost  regulate 6  the  threads  of  my 7 8  life, 

2.  And  dost  control 8  [my]  times  ; 

3.  Do  thou  tree  me  from9  the  tyranny 10 

4.  Of  impious 11  foes. 

5.  Show  [thy]  loved 12  countenance 

6.  [Thou  that  art]  good  and  favoring  to  thy  servant. 

7.  And  protect 13  me  [with  that  clemency]  with  which 

8.  Clemency  thou  art 14  always  wont (14)  [to  protect]  thine 

own. 

9.  Let  it  not  be  a  shame 15  [unto  me]  that16  thy 

10.  Aid17 1  implore.  Let  shame  the  wicked 

11.  Confound15  and  long 19  silence 

12.  Sleep90  on  [their]To?ra&s.21 

13.  Let  the  voice  accustomed  to  falsehood22 

14.  Be  mute,  the  voice  [that  was]  wont 23  insolently 24 

15.  To  attack  the  good, 

16.  And  arrogantly  to  spurn  [them], 

(4-) 

1.  In  no  usual  strain 95 

2.  Tell  ye  of 96  the  parent  of  things, 

3.  Who  by  no  usual97  prowess  the  victory 

4.  Hath  gained  95 

5.  Himself  alone,  with  his  own  right  hand, 

6*  Needing  naught 29  of  external  aid, 

].  Tabuit.  10.  (Tyrannide:  15.  Pudori.  23.  (Solita:  nextv.) 

2.  Moeror.  next  verse.)  16.  Quod.  24.  Procaciter. 

3.  Insolens.  11.  (Impiorum :  pre- 17.  Opis.  25.  Carmen. 

4.  Insulto.  vious  verse.)  18.  Confundo.  26.  Pangite. 

5.  Horreo.  12.  Amabilis.  19.  (Next  verse.)  27.  (Non  usitata : 

6.  Tempero.  13.  Tueor.  20.  Dormiat.  next  verse.) 

7.  (Next  verse.)  14.  (Soles :  previ-  21.  Sepulcrum.  28.  Rettulit. 

8.  Rego.  ous  verse.)  22.  Mendacium.  29  Nil. 

9.  (Ab:  next  v.) 


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7.  By  delivering  us,  hath  achieved 1  [things] 

8.  To  be  wondered  at  by  after 2  ages.3 

9.  The  impious  nations  felt41 

10.  The  power  of  God  in  war  ; 

11.  In  rendering 5  atonement ,6 

12.  They  felt  [him]  a  just  judge1  and  an  avenger.9 

13.  Let  the  water  of  the  rivers  exult3 

14.  Whispering 10  in  gentle  murmur  ; 

15.  And  let  the  glad  mountains  with  plaudits 

16.  Rejoice  that  God  is  coming. 

17.  Lo  !  the  Lord  himself  draws  near,11 

18.  In  order  that  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  w;orld  f 

19.  He  may  injustice 12  give  just  recompenses .13 


IAMBIC  TRIMETERS  AND  DIMETERS 

ARRANGED  ALTERNATELY. 


1.  Dost  thou  at  last 14  raise  [thy]  bright  beam 15  in  the  sky, 

2.  [0]  light,  long  desired  ? 

3.  Do  the  Saxons16  at  last  behold  their  king, 

4.  And  the  ancient 17  house  of  [their]  princes  ? 

5.  Doubtful 18  from  long  fear,  scarcely  unto  themselves 

6.  Do  the  bruised 19  hearts  of  the  citizens  give  credit 20 

7.  While  the  sad  silence  is  gradually 21  broken, 

8.  And  glad  voices  resound,22 

9.  Art  then 23  [thou]  thyself,  before  our  eyes,24,  having  re¬ 

turned36  faithful26  to  the  faithful, 

10.  Present,  [O]  desired  monarch? 

11.  Desired  as  much  as  of  the  inmost 27  breast 

12.  Not  any  force  shall  declare  29  , 

1.  (Gessit:  nextv.)  8.  Vindex.  16.  Saxones.  22.  Perstrepo. 

2.  (Posteris:  previ-  9.  Exuito.  17.  Priscus.  23.  Ergo. 

ous  verse.)  10.  Susurro.  18.  Dubius.  24.  Coram. 


4.  Sentio. 

5.  Luendo, 

6.  Poenas. 


3.  Saeculum. 


11.  Advenio. 

12.  Justus. 


19.  Contritus.  25.  Redux. 

20.  (Credunt:  previ- 26.  Fidus. 


13.  Praemium. 

14.  Tandemne, 


ous  verse.)  27.  Intimus, 


28.  Effabitur, 


7.  (Previous  verse.)  15.  Jubar. 


21.  Sensim.  28. 

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13.  Alas  l1  many  heavy  [things],  many  [things]  harsh 2  to 

endure,3 

14.  Have  wearied  thy  citizens. 

15.  But  that  mighty 4  evil  before  all 5  [others] 

16.  To  see 6  thee  snatched1  from  them, 

17.  The  ancient 8  glory 9  of  German10  princes, 

18.  Beloved  by  [thy]  dear  citizens. 

(2.) 

1.  All  the  young  men 11  burn,13  and  the  old  themselves 

2.  Grow  warm 13  with  new  joys  : 

3.  Virgins  lead  the  dances  ;14  mothers  with  the  hand 

4.  Point  out 15  the  king  to  [their]  young  ones.16 

5.  Those,  also,  themselves,  whom  a  cruel  necessity 

6.  Tears11  from  thy  dominiori 16 

7.  Rejoice  [that  thou  art]  returned,  and  with  grieving 19 

breast 

8.  Utter20  grateful31  vows.  , 

9.  What  ?  shall  our  body 22  mixed  with  the  congratulating 

crowdf3 

10.  Pour  forth2*'  prayers  more  indolently  ?25 

11.  [We],  who  rejoice 26  that  thou  [art]  restored,  restored, 

too,  to  us, 

12.  In  [our]  inmost 21  hearts. 

13.  Thou  regar desi 28  us  with  benignant  mind,  [0]  king, 

good  father, 

14.  As29  thou  wast  wont. 

15.  Thou  protectest  us,  thou,  powerful,  preservest 

16.  The  Apollinean30  temples  of  thy31  Leipsic.32 

17.  Defend 33  henceforth 34  this  choir  devoted 35  to  thee, 

18.  [As]  a  weighty 36  defender  and  president,31 


I.  Hei! 

11.  Juventus. 

21.  Amicus,  j 

29.  Uti. 

2.  Asper. 

12.  Ardeo. 

22.  Manus. 

30.  Phoebeus. 

3.  Perpessu. 

13.  Calesco. 

23.  Turbae  gratanti. 

31.  (Previous  verse.) 

4.  Praepotens. 

14.  Chorea. 

24.  Num  fundat. 

32.  Lipsia. 

5.  Ante  cuncta. 

15.  Indico. 

25.  Segniter. 

33.  Tueor. 

6.  Cernere. 

16.  Tenellis. 

26.  (Laetamur:  next  34.  Porro. 

7.  Ereptus. 

17.  Revello. 

verse.) 

35.  Deditus. 

8.  Priscus. 

18.  Regnum. 

27.  Imus. 

36.  Gravis. 

9.  Decus. 

19.  Dolens. 

28.  (Respicis :  next 

37.  Praeses. 

10.  Germanicus. 

20.  Nuncupo. 

verse.) 

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19.  An  old  man  of  many  yearsf  ever  with  the  verdant 

20.  Bay  adorned 2  as  to  [thy]  hoary 3  temples  : 

21.  The  rest 4  is  governed  by  the  Fates.  God,  who *  with 

[his]  eternal 

22.  Deity  fils6  all  things, 

23.  Tempering 7  adverse  [things]  with  favorable 8  [ones], 

from 9  evil  itself 

24.  Calls  forth10  the  alleviation 11  of  evil, 

25.  Now  raising10 fallen10  [things],  now  him  who  stands 14 

26.  Swift10  to  destroy  with  heavy 16  ruin.. 


(3.) 

~ V 

1.  Where  the  island  Bermuda  reclines  upon  the  deep  11 k 

V. 

2.  Unvisited 18  by  ships, 

3.  This  strain19  from  a  small  boat 20  o/  2Ao.se  wAo  rowed01 

4.  Favonius  heard!00 

5.  “  What  becomes 23  us,  what  else,  than  to  2e/Z24  the  praises 

of  God, 

6.  Who  gives 25  [us]  this  landing  ?2S 

7.  Who  hath  opened07  [unto  us]  this  shore,  before 28  un¬ 

known, 

8.  In  whatever  way 29  milder  than  our  own. 

9.  Here,  here,  hath  he  given  the  Awe30  of  an  eternal 

spring, 

10.  With  which  all  [things]  smile  enamelled 01 

11.  And  preparing  every  day00  rich00  banquets  f 

12.  Hath  driven 35  hither  flocks00  of  winged  creatures.01 

13.  Here,  amid  the  shades,  he  hangs 38  the  oranges  09 

14.  Like' 40  lights  in  a  verdant  night, 


1.  Grandsvus.  11. 

2.  Decorus.  12. 

3.  (Cana :  previous  13. 

verse.)  14. 

4.  Csetera.  15. 

5.  (Next  verse.)  16. 

6.  Compleo. 

7.  Tempero.  17. 

8.  Faustus.  18. 

9.  E.  19. 

10.  Excito.  20. 


Solamen. 

Erigo. 

Collapsa. 

Stantem. 

Citus. 


21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 


(Gravi :  previous  26. 

verse.)  27. 

Pelago.  28. 

Invisitatus.  29. 

Cantilena.  30. 

Lintre. 


Remigantium.  31. 
Exaudio.  32. 

(Decet:  next  v.)  33. 
Loquor.  34. 

Dantis.  35. 

Appulsus.  36. 

Recludo.  37. 

Prius.  38. 

Utcunque.  39. 

Color.  40. 


Illitus. 

Semper  in  diem. 
Lautus. 

Dapes. 

Ago. 

Agmen. 

Ales. 

Tendo. 

Mala  aurea. 
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15.  And  hides 1  within  [the  rind]  the  bright  grains a  [of  the 

pomegranate], 

16.  Preferred 3  to  the  gems  of  the  Persians .4 

17.  [Nor  this  alone],  but5  he  makes  th efg,6  sweeter  than 

honeys, 

18.  Meet  [our]  lips 7  on  every  side, 

19.  And  has  slrown 8  in  our  path9  citrons 10 

20.  Which  no  parent  [tree]  could  bear  twice .”u 


4.  CHORIAMBIC  ASCLEPIADIC  TETRAMETER. 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  a  spondee,  two  choriambi, 
and  an  iambus,  and  is  called  Asclepiadic  from  the  poet 
Asclepiades,  its  inventor. 

2.  The  csesural  pause  always  falls  after  the  first  chori¬ 
ambus,  as  marked  in  the  following  lines,  which  are  given 
as  specimens  of  the  measure  : 

Maecenas  atavis  ||  edite  rejglbus 
Non  Ill|um  poterant  ||  figere  cusp[ida3 
Hostis  j  dirus  adest  ||  cum  duce  per|fido. 

Arrange  the  following  in  Choriambic  Asclepiadics. 

Si  tu  videris  nos  placido  lumine, 

Cetera  continuo  prospere  cedent. 

O  armipotens  rex,  quem  modum  statues 
Irae  ?  quando  suscipies  preces  humiles  ? 

Fercula  lacrymis  irroras,  lacrymis 
Continuis  pocula  misces  :  jurgia 
Finitimi  ferunt  de  spoliis  nostris, 

Et  exagitant  mala  nostra  ludibrio. 

De  scrobe  Pharia  traduxti  vineam  : 

Expuleras  semina  pravarum  gentium, 

Ut  sereres  hanc  purius  puro  solo. 

Radix  jam  fuderat  undique  teneras 

1.  Condo.  4.  Persidam.  7.  (Labris :  previ-  9.  Vestigiis. 

2.  Grana  albicantia.  5.  At.  ous  line.)  10.  Citros. 

3.  Praelatus,  6.  (Next  line.)  asterno.  11.  Bis  tulent. 


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Fibras  :  jam  texerat  frigore  tremulo 
Montes  :  sparserat  brachia  aequa  cedris  : 

Teretes  palmites  tangebant  aequora 
Germina  teneri  surculi  Euphratem. 

Cur  modo  sepibus  solitis  nudatam 
Deseris  hanc  in  praedam  vagis  hospitibus  1 
Cur  saevus  aper  proterit  hanc  ?  alites 
Carpunt  ?  ferae  omnigenae  depopulant  1 
O  omnipotens  rex,  redi  jam  obsecro 
Tandem  et  prospice  de  sidereo  throno  : 

Placatusque  respice  vineam  tuam, 

Quam  tibi  propria  dextera  plantaras. 

Placidus  respice  saltem  hunc  ramulum, 

Cui  conciliaveras  assiduo  cultu 
Robur,  gloria  clara  tui  nominis 
Ut  nota  sit  populis  omnium  terrarum. 

i  _ 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Choriambic  Asclepiadics. 

(io 

1.  [0]  Pausilipius,  let  not1 2  time a  deceive  thee  with  [its] 

empty3 

2.  Delights,  for  as  soon  as  it ,4  with  [its]  strenuous5 

3.  Wheels,  has  passed  over 6  [its]  uncertain  course 1 

4.  It  glides  away 8  more  quickly  than  the  unbridled 9  Africus. 

5.  After  the  manner  of  a  beautiful  rose,  which,  when10  dewy11 

6.  Morning  has  just 12  cherished  with  the  warm  west 

wind,13 

7.  Evening 14  dissolves  with  the  rainy15  Etesiae. 

8.  What  it  has  woven 16  with  rapid  thumb,11 

9.  Fate  never 18  dares  to  unweave 19  when  [once]  arranged.25 

10.  He  is  mad  21  whom,  being  deceived,22  the  short  space  of 

Time 

j  i 

1.  Ne.  7.  Curriculum.  12.  (Modo:  previous v.)  18.  (Numquam :  pre- 

2.  (A2tas  :  next  v.)  8.  Labor.  13.  Favonius.  vious  verse.) 

3.,Inanis.  9.  Effrenus.  14.  Vesper.  19.  Retexo. 

4.  duae  simul.  10.  (Next  line.)  15.  Pluvius.  2Q.  Compositus. 

5.  Impiger.  Ili  Roscidus.  16.  Texo.  21.  Insanit. 

6  Rapuit.  17.  Pollex.  22.  (Next  verse.) 


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11.  Hath  pleased.  The  Muse  will1  deservedly'2  call (*) 

12.  [Him]  happy  who  for  himself  a  bright3 4 

13.  Country  even  now*  with  anxious 5  eye,6  and 

14.  The  citadel  of  noble  fires,  destines .7 8 9 10 

(2.) 

1.  When  fear  and  threats  were  loudly  tumultuous 8  around 


me,  _  v  - 

2.  And  [also]  fierce 9  death,  stretching  forth 10  [his]  eager 11 

right  hand, 

3.  The  hope  of  heavenly  aid,  though 12  late,  still,  however, 

4.  Kept  soothing13  [my]  trembling 14  solicitude. 

5.  Happy  [he]  who,  with  firm15  hope  and  faith,  the  Lord 

6.  Regards  ;16  whom  the  pomp  of  swelling 17  pride 

7.  Draws  not  to  itself  with  vain 18  allurements ,19 

8.  And  mocks 20  with  the  deceitful  semblance 21  of  good. 

9.  Holy  Parent,  how  many 22  and  how  wondrous23 

10.  ,dre2*the  pledges  of  [thy]  watchfulness 25  toward  us  26 

11.  Which  neither  the  mind  with  its  languid  vision 27 

12.  Can  discern,23  nor  the  tongue  recount 29  in  number. 

•  •  (3.) 


1.  But  do  thou,  holy  Maker30  of  the  universe,  source  of 

safety,31 

2.  Be  present  :32  quickly  bring  aid,  and 

3.  Rescue33  me,  altogether34,  oppressed  by  the  severest 35  evils, 

4.  In  order  that  the  wicked  may  be  ashamed36  of  [their]  evil 37 

design. 

5.  Those 38  who  intrust 39  themselves  wholly  unto  thy  faith, 

6.  Let  the  hope  of  thy  assistance  reinvigorate  *° 


1.  Vocaverit. 

2.  (Merito :  next 

verse.) 

3.  Lucidus. 

4.  Jam  nunc. 

5.  Sollicitus. 

6.  Lumen. 

7.  Destino. 

8.  Fremerent. 

9.  Ferus. 

10.  Intentans.  J 

11.  Avidus. 


12.  Licet. 

13.  Lenio. 

14.  Trepidus. 

15.  Stabilis. 

16.  Specto. 

17.  Tumidus. 

18.  Inanis. 

19.  Illecebrae. 

20.  Ludo. 

21.  Imago. 

22.  Quot. 


23.  (Et  quam  mira :  31.  Salutifer. 

next  verse.)  32.  Adsis. 

24.  Suppeto.  33.  Subtrahe. 

25.  (Vigilantiae :  pre- 34.  Penitus. 

vious  verse.)  35.  (Ultimis :  previ- 

26.  (In  nos :  previ-  ous  verse.) 

ous  verse.)  36.  Pudeat  improbos. 

27.  Acies.  37.  Pravus. 

28.  (Cerno:  prev.v.)  38.  (Next  verse.) 

29.  Retexo.  39.  Credo. 

30.  Opifex.  40.  Recreo. 


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278  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


7.  And  let  them  always  vie  in  exalting1 2 3 4 5  the  loved 3  name  of 

the  Lord 

8.  To  the  highest 3  honors. 

9.  Though  I  he 4  without  hope?  poor,  needy ,6 7  yet  for  me 

10.  There  keeps  watch 7  a  wakeful 8  sentinel,  the  Maker9  of 

[all]  things. 

11.  O  aid,10  and  certain  safety  of  my  existence, 

12.  Mayest  thou  be  present  [unto  me],  nor  torture11  me  with 

trembling  delay. 


1.  Holy  Father,19  hear 13  my  prayers, 

2.  And  listen 14  to  the  sound  of  [my]  mournful 18  cry. 

3.  [O]  best  parent,  lend 16  thyself  indulgent1''  to  [my]  wishes, 

4.  And  stretch  [thy]  rapid 18  right  hand  to  [me]  hemmed  in.19 

5.  Arise  at  length,  [O]  God !  the  dwellings  of  Sion 20 

6.  Do  [thou]  indulgent91  now  regard 22  with  placid  eye. 

7.  Thou  [art]  a  sun,  thou  [art]  a  shield,  thou  [art]  Lord  : 

unto  thine 

8.  Thou  givest  to  shine 23  in  conspicuous 24  glory, 

9.  0  King,  powerful  in  arms,"  under  whose  control 26  [are] 

the  issues 

10.  Of  wars, and  peace ,27  swords 28  being  laid  aside. 


5.  THE  SECOND  ASCLEPIADEAN  SYSTEM. 

1.  This  system  consists  of  a  Glyconie  verse  and  a  Chori - 
amhic  Asclepiadic ,  arranged  alternately. 

2.  The  Glyconie  verse  consists  of  a  spondee,  a  chori¬ 
ambus,  and  an  iambus,  and  is  sometimes  called,  also,  a 
Choriambic  Trimeter  Acatalectic. 


1.  (Certent  tollere : 

next  verse.) 

2.  Amabilis. 

3.  Tergeminis. 

4.  Sim  licet. 

5.  Exspes. 

6.  Inops. 

7.  Excubat. 


8.  Pervigil. 

9.  Opifex. 

10.  Praesidium. 

11.  Crucia. 

12.  Genitor. 

13.  Exaudio. 

14.  Percipio. 


15.  Lugubris. 

16.  Do. 

17.  Facilis. 

18.  Celer. 

19.  Pressus. 

20.  Tecta  SiSnia. 

21.  Lenis. 


22.  Respicio. 

23.  Fulgere. 

24.  Conspicuus. 

25.  Armipotens. 

26.  Q.uem  penes. 

27.  Otia. 

28.  Ensis. 


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EXAMPLES. 

Sic  te  |  Diva  potens  |  Cypri  | 

Sic  fra[tres  Helenae,  |  lucida  sl|dera  | 
Vento|rumque  regat  |  pater  | 

Obstrlctjls  allls  j  praeter  Ia|pyga.  | 

3.  The  Glyconie  differs  from  the  Choriambic  Asclepiadic 
in  having  one  choriambus  merely  instead  of  two.  It  may 
be  divided,  also,  into  a  spondee  and  two  dactyls. 

4.  The  Glyconie  verse  must  not  consist  of  a  trisyllabic 
word  followed  by  a  monosyllable  and  two  dissyllables. 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  Second  Asdepiadean 

Measure. 

Cease 1  [thy]  long  silence, 

And2 3  return,  [O]  muse,  to  the  sweety)  melodies 3  of  the  lyre. 

An  old  man  [is]  now  to  be  celebrated 4  by  thee ,5 
Who,  through  ten  lustrums,  sustaining  the  highest 
Offices  with  sacred 6  fidelity, 

Sees’1 7 *  the  rewards  of  glory  gained 8  by  deserts 9 
And,  accompanying 10  pious  vows,11 
The  common  gladness  of  [his]  country. 

Dost  thou  hesitate  ?1S  [Yes],  because 13  anxious 
Cares 14  disturb 15  [thy]  virgin 16  mind, 

And  trembling  fear. 

Because  the  times  [are  learning]  to  obey 17  new  laws  ; 

And  wandering ,18  [their]  chain  being  broken, 

The  fates  [of  nations]  are  learning  to  follow  unwonted  ways, 
And  the  din19  of  arms  resounds ,20 
Where  the  sun,  hastening  over 21  [his]  western 28  journey, 
Sees 23  the  fierce  wars 34  of  the  untamed 25  Cantabrian 
Joined  with  the  British 26  sword  ; 


1.  Mitto.  8.  Quaesitus. 

2.  Duleesque.  9.  Meritum. 

3.  Modus.  10.  Sociam. 

4.  Dicendus.  11.  Votis. 

5.  (Dative.)  12.  Cesso. 

6*  Sanctus.  13.  Scilicet. 

7.  (Two  verses  be-  14.  Sollicitudines, 

low.) 


15.  (Turbant:  next  21.  Depropero. 

verse.)  22.  Hesperius. 

16.  Virgineijs.  23.  (Next  verse. 

17.  Pareo.  24.  (Next  verse.) 

18.  Vagus.  25.  Immitis. 

19.  Fragor.  26.  Britannicus. 

20.  Resono. 


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Or  where  the  frozen1  Don 2 3 
Sends  [her]  dreadful*  warrior  with  the  swift  steed; 

And  the  savage  dweller 4  by  the  Pontus ,5 
Stubbornly  resolute 6  to  burn  his  own  cities  himself, 
Rages1 7 8  against  our  soldiers  too, 

Fierce 8  with  deadly 9  anger. 

But  drive  thou10  fear  from  [thy]  mind. 

God,  suspending 11  the  weights  with  .equal  balance 12 
Commands 13  the  fierce  whirlwinds  with  a  nod, 
And  the  waves,  however 14  tempestuous .15 


6.  THE  THIRD  ASCLEPIADEAN  SYSTEM. 

This  system  consists  of  three  Choriambic  Asclepiadics, 
followed  by  a  Gluconic  or  Choriambic  Trimeter  Acatalectic. 
Thus, 

QuTs  Mart|em  tunica  ||  tectum  adaman|tina 
Dlgne  |  scripserit  ?  aut  ||  pulvere  Tro|ic6 
Nigrum  |  Merionen  ?  ||  aut  ope  Palljadls 

Tydl|den  .Superis  ||  parem. 

*v  " 

f  -  ;  >  '  ,  i  '*'* 

Convert  the  following  into  the  Third  Asclepiadean  System. 

\  .  (1)  'V  ‘ 

1.  How  often,  proud 16  in  [his]  gilded11  vest,  |  has  the 
morning-star 18  gone  forth  with  deceitful 19  appearance  [ 
How  often  does  perjured 21  Hesperus  set,  |  beautiful 22  with 
[his]  lovely 23  smile  !  || 

2.  How  often  does  the  bark 24  perish  in  the  faithless 25 
sea,  |  [the  bark]  too 26  credulous 27  to  the  tranquil  waves !  ] 
The  stars 28  themselves  are  not  safely  trusted  ;29  j  the  stars 
can30  deceive.  If 


1.  Rigens.  9.  Exitiabilis.  16.  Superbiens. 

2.  (Tanais:  next  v.)  10.  Tu  pelle.  17.  Auratus. 

3.  (Terribilis:  prev.v.)  11.  Pensitans.  18.  Lucifer. 

4.  Efferus  accola.  12.  A3qua  lance.  19.  Fallax. 

5.  Ponti.  13.  (Imperat:  last  20.  Species. 

6.  Pervicax.  verse.)  21.  Perjurus. 

7.  (Saevit:  next  v.)  14.  GLuamvis.  22.  Pulcher. 

8.  Atrox.  15.  Tumidus.  23.  Amabilis. 


24.  Cymba. 

25.  Infidus. 

26.  Nimium. 

27.  Credulus. 

28.  (Dative.^ 

29.  Non  bene  credi 

tur. 

30.  Possunt. 


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281 


3.  [He]  whom  the  arms 1  of  a  spreading*  oak  protect,  | 
fearing  no  danger 3  is  miserably  betrayed  ;4  and  the  tree 5  it¬ 
self  |  calls  down 6  the  lightning's1  fires*  upon  the  head 9  of  him, 
alas  !  unwisely 10  trusting .“  || 

4.  But  the  promises  of  God  can  not 12  deceive  !13 1  But  [his] 
laws  can  not 14  deceive  !  Do  thou  [fear  not  to  trust]  God  :  | 
do  thou,  wise,  fear  not  to  trust 15  the  never-deceiving 16  Son11 
of  the  Highest  God.  || 

(2.) 

1.  To  be  forgetful1*  of  old 19  acquaintances 23  \  [those]  whom 
we  [once]  dearly  loved 21  having  slipped 22  from  [our]  mind,  | 
to  be  forgetful  of  old  acquaintances  and  J  of  “  lang  syne  f 23 
is  this  becoming  ?  || 

i  ’ 

2.  Dear  companion24,  for25  the  days  of  “lang  syne;”]' 
faithful  companion,  for  the  days  of  “lang  syne,”  |  drink 
with 26  [me]  the  bowl21' of  foaming  Caecuban  [wine],  |  for  the 
days  of  “  lang  syne.”  || 

3.  How  many 28  amaranthine 29  flowers  have  we 30  together 31 
gathered 32  in  baskets33  |  over 34  the  devious  mountain-tops  l35  \ 
But,  alas  !  we  have  dragged  away  from  home 36  [our]  toeary31 
feet  |  since 38  the  days  of  “  lang  syne.”  || 

4.  We  have 39  also4,0  sported (39)  emulously 41  until42  the  mid¬ 
day 43  sun,  |  in  the  glassy 44  water  the  margin 45  o/~  the  fount¬ 
ains  ;46  |  but  a  wide-spread 11  sea  has  roared  between  us  J 
since  the  day  of  “  lang  syne.”  || 

5.  O  faithful  companion,  shall  we  delay  the  sweet 18  em 
brace  j — lips49  to  lips,  and  hand  to  hand  ?  |  What  limit 5 

1.  Brachium.  14.  Nequeo.  28.  (Quot:  second  40.  Quin. 

2.  Patulus.  15.  (Fourth  verse.)  verse.)  41.  (Certatim:  sec- 

3.  Securus.  16.  (Certo :  fourth  29.  Amaranthlnus.  ond  verse.) 

4.  Prodo.  verse.)  30.  Nos.  42.  Ad. 

5.  (Quercus:  next  17.  (Fourth  verse.)  31.  (Una:  second  v.)  43.  Medius. 

verse.)  18.  Immemores.  32.  Legimus:  sec-  44.  Vitreus. 

6.  (Devocat:  19.  Priscus.  ond  verse.)  45.  (Margine:  first 

fourth  verse.)  20.  Sodalis.  33.  Calathus.  verse.) 

7.  Fulmineus.  21.  Adamo.  34.  Per.  46.  (Fontium:  first 

8.  (Fourth  verse.)  22.  Labor.  35.  Jugum.  verse.) 

9.  (Fourth  verse.)  23.  Acti  temporis.  36.  Peregre.  47.  Patulus. 

10.  Male.  24.  Comes.  37.  Lassus.  48.  (Second  verse.) 

11.  Credulus.  25.  Ob.  38.  A.  49.  Labrum. 

12.  Nescio.  26.  Combibo.  39.  (Lusimus :  sec-  50.  Modus. 

13.  Fallo.  27.  Patera.  ond  verse.) 


A  a  2 


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shall  there  now  be  to  the  wine-jar1 2 3  taken  down?  |  on  account  of  * 
the  days  of  “  lang  syne  ?”  || 

6.  Drinking 4  according  to  the  compact 5  of  the  cup*  |  we 
will  take 7  and  give  the  mutual 8  win e,free from  all  restraint  ;9 1 
and  will  be  encircled,  as  to  [our]  pious  temples,  with  the 
vine-leaf 10  |  on  account  of  the  days  of  “  lang  syne.”  || 

7.  Dear  companion,  for  the  days  of  “lang  syne  |  faith¬ 
ful  companion,  for  the  days  of  “lang  syne,”  |  drink  with 
[me]  the  bowl  of  foaming  Csecuban  [wine],  |  for  the  days 
of  “iang  syne.”  || 


7.  THE  FOURTH  ASCLEPIADEAN  SYSTEM. 

1.  This  system  consists  of  two  Choriambic  Asclepiadic 
Tetrameters ,  one  Pherecratie  verse,  and  one  Glyconie. 

2.  The  Pherecratie  verse  consists  of  a  spondee ,  a  chori¬ 
ambus,  and  a  long  syllable  ;  or,  in  other  words,  of  a  dactyl 
between  two  spondees. 

3.  The  following  are  specimens  of  the  Pherecratie  verse  : 

Multo  j  non  sine  rls|u.  jj 
Inter  |  fusa  niten|tes.  || 

Ylx  du|rare  carl|nae.  || 

Nigris  |  aut  Eryman|thl.  |f 

4.  The  following  is  a  specimen  of  the  whole  system  : 

Circum|slste  tuae||mole  poten|tiae 
Terror|emque  feris  |j  mentibus  m|gere : 

Agnosj cat  male  flrm|am 

Sortem  |  gens  hominum  |  suam. 

5.  The  accents  in  the  Pherecratie  must  not  fall  on  the 
second  and  sixth  syllables  only ;  as  in 

raptamus  puerorum. 

123  456  7 


1.  Amphora.  4.  Poto. 

2.  Depromptus.  5.  Foedere. 

3.  Ob.  6.  Cyathus. 


7.  Sumo.  9.  Impavidus. 

8.  (First  verse.)  10.  Pampinus. 


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Convert  the  following  into  the  Fourth  Asclepiadean  System. 

(10 

1.  O  [thou]  who,  sitting  aloft  in  the  foliage1  of  the  poplar?  | 
intoxicated ?  with  the  dew-hearing41 3 4 5 6 7  tears  of  heaven,  j  refreshes^ 
with  [thy]  slender 6  voice  both  thyself  |  and  the  mute  grove.  || 

2.  After  long  storms ?  while  the  too-short  |  summer  pre¬ 
cipitates  itself  on  light  wheels  ;  |  come,  receive 8 9 10 *  the  hurry¬ 
ing 9  |  suns  with  [thy]  long-continued 10  complaint .ll  || 

3.  The  letter  the  day  that12  has  presented 13  itself,  |  so  [the 
more  rapidly]  itl4c  snatches  itself  away ;  no  |  pleasure  was 15 
ever  long  enough  ;16 1  pain  is  oftentimes 17  long.  || 

(2.) 

1.  Now  the  day,  at  its  height?*  is  flaming 19  in  the  mid- 
heaven,20  J  now  the  mower 21  spares  [his]  crop,22  and  [  the 
shepherd,  with  [his]  flock,  [seeks]  the  cold23  valleys,  |  and 
painted  birds  seek  [them].  || 

2.  But  what  region 24  detains 25  thee  in  silent  ease,26  |  O 
spouse  l21  what  place  |  grudges  thee  to  me 28  with  [its]  dark 29 
shades,  |  or  the  thick30  foliage  of  [its]  woods  ?  || 

3.  Alas  !  I  would  know31  in  what  place  you  may  be  lying 
down  ;32  |  what  wind  may  cherish  [you]  with  its  soft33  pant - 
ing  |  what  hrook 35  |  may  lull36  you 37  to  sleep{36)  [with  its] 
pleasant 38  sound.  || 

(3.)  .  J 

1.  Arise,  Prophet 39  of  God  ! — Arise,  and  against 0  an 
adulterous  |  nation  hurt1  th e  divine*2  threatenings  :  |  shake 43 
the  lash 44  of  heaven  |  over  this  impious  fane  !  || 

1.  Summa  coma.  11.  Jurgium.  23.  (Algidas:  sec-  34.  Anhelitus. 

2.  Populeus.  12.  Ut  quaeque  dies  .  ond  verse.)  35.  Rivus. 

3.  Ebria  (fem.)  optima.  24.  (Regio :  second  36.  Somnum  con- 

4.  Roriferis.  13.  Affero.  verse.)  ciliet. 

5.  (Recreas:  fourth  14.  Quaeque.  25.  Distineo.  37.  Tibi:  (third  v.) 

verse.)  15.  (Second  verse.)  26.  (Plural.)  38.  (Grato :  third  v.) 

6.  Minutus.  16.  (Second  verse.)  27.  Conjux.  39.  Vates. 

7.  Hiems.  17.  Saepius.  *•  28.  (Second  verse.)  40.  (In :  second  v.) 

8.  (Excipe:  fourth  18.  Summa.  29.  Caecus.  41.  Praecipito. 

verse.)  19.  Ardeo.  30.  Spissus.  42.  ASthereus. 

9.  Festinus.  20.  Medio  polo.  31.  Scire  velim.  43.  Concutio. 

10.  (Lento :  third  21.  Messor.  32.  Jaceo.  44.  Flagrum. 

verse.)  22.  Seges.  33.  Lenis. 


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2.  Where  an  Angelic 1  band  came1  2  hovering 3 4 5 6  down( 8)  the 
bright  stairs *  |  wwfo5  [our]  pious  fathers,  |  the  wizard 6  flame1 
of  the  false  altar  now  |  gleams 8  amid  the  twilight .9 1| 

3.  Go,  let  the  stones  cursed 10  [by  thee]  fall  beneath  the 
victim !  | — Go,  scatter  the  ashes  also  J11  wither 12  with  [thy] 
stern  voice 13  the  arms  |  that  embrace 14  the  unholy  |  idols.15  |J 

4.  Then,  nor  is  the  delay  long,  turn  [thy]  feet  back  ;16  j 
the  same  path,11  [however],  is  not  to  be  trodden 18  by  thee,  | 
lest  any  impure  delight 19  |  fascinate  [thy]  heedless 20  mind.  |] 


8.  THE  LONGER  ASCLEPIABIC. 

1.  This  measure,  called  also  Choriambic  Pentameter 
consists  of  a  spondee,  three  choriambi,  and  an  iambus 
Thus, 

O  crujdelis  adhuc  ||  et  Veneris  |J  muneribus  |  potens 

2.  There  is  a  caesural  pause  after  each  of  the  first  twc 
choriambi. — Once  onlv  the  caesura  after  the  second  chori 
ambus  is  neglected,  and  that  is  in  the  case  of  a  word  com 
pounded  with  a  preposition,  the  preposition  forming  par', 
of  the  preceding  choriambus. — There  may,  however,  be  an 
elided  syllable  after  the  completed  choriambus. 

r  ■  m  I 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Longer  Asclepiadics. 

1.  A  light  shadow?1  drawn  over 22  the  Sun,  now  tinges  [his] 

lovely  face ; 

2.  But  presently  it  will  rush  on 23  thicker?*  about  to  dim 35 

[his]  golden  rays. 

3.  Men  are  now  silent  in  the  middle  of  the  ways, 

4.  Wondering  at  the  unusual 26  darkness ;  nor  yet  darkness, 

1.  (Angelicum  :  7.  (Fourth  verse.)  14.  (Amplectentia :  21.  (Second  verse.) 

second  v.)  8.  Splendeo.  fourth  verse.)  22.  inductus. 

2.  (Devenere:  sec-  9.  Crepusculum.  15.  Imago.  23.  Irruerit. 

ond  verse.)  10.  Devotus.  16.  Retro.  24.  Densus. 

3.  Pensile.  11.  Et.  17.  Semita.  25.  (Compressura: 

4.  Scalis.  12.  Macero.  18.  Calcandus.  next  verse.) 

5.  (Mark  of  accus.)  13.  (Torva  voce  :  19.  Voluptas.  26.  Non  solitus. 

6.  Magicus.  third  verse.)  20.  Inscius. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION, - PART  VII.  285 

5.  Nor  [even]  light,  will  you  be  able  to  call  [it.]  The  sky, 

with  storm-bearing 1 

6.  Clouds ,2 3 *  Zephyrus  has  not 3  disturbed no  vapor  [its] 

thin 

7.  Wings  has  unfolded.-  The  Sun,  with  lurid  aspect  * 

8.  Is  stripped 5  of  [his]  beautiful  rays ,6  and  through7  the 

<  streets 8  a  bluish 9  beam 

9.  Pours,  and  over10  the  houses,  [and]  over  the  grassy 

waters  of  Parthendpe — 

10.  The  Sun — but  who  is11  unlike  himself,  with  leaden 13 

light;  . 

11.  But  presently,  a  triumphant 13  conqueror,  he  will  have 

shone  forth14,  [his]  purple  head, 

12.  All  the  woods  will  then  resound 15  with  the  new  songs 

of  birds, 

13.  The  trees  will  then  nod 16  more  gladly17  with  [their] 

trembling 18  leaves 

14.  At  the  pleasure10  of  the  breezes?0  and 21  now,  not?1)  with¬ 

out  [his]  wonted  honors, 

15.  Phoebus,  returned,  will  clothe  all  [things]  with  purple 

light.  -  '  c  , 


< 

9.  FIRST  ARCHILOCHIAN  SYSTEM. 

1.  This  consists  of  an  hexameter  alternately  with  the 

latter  half  of  a  pentameter,  or  a  dactylic  penthemimeris. 
Thus,  '  ' 

DIffu[gere  ntv[es  rede|unt  jam  |  gramma  |  campis, 
Arb6ri|busque  comp. 

2.  The  last  syllable  of  the  second  line  may  be  short ;  as, 
fecerit  j  arb!tri|«.  There  is  no  objection,  moreover  (as  in 
the  pentameter),  to  a  word  of  three  syllables  as  the  last 
word ;  as,  tempora  [  Di  super]! 

1.  (Nimbiferis  :  4.  Luridus  aspici.  10.  Per. 

next  verse.)  5.  Exuitur.  11.  Sit. 

2.  (Nubibus:  pre-  6.  (Previous verse.)  12.  Plumbeus. 

vious  verse.)  7.  Per.  13.  Ovans. 

3.  fNon:  previous  8.  Via.  14.  Profero. 

verse.)  9.  Lividulus.  15.  Recino. 


16.  Nuto. 

17.  Laetius. 

18.  Tremulus. 

19.  Arbitrio. 

20.  Aura. 

21.  Nec. 


286 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION, - PART  VII. 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  First  Archilochian 

System. 

1.  Arise,  sister !  attaching 1  the  reins 2  to  [thy]  beaiitiful  doves, 

2.  More  beautiful  thyself,  come  ! 

3.  At3  thy  footsteps  the  pitchy 4  clouds3  flee  away,6 

4.  The  turbid  storm 7  departs. 

5.  Noxious  plants 8  grow  m?7d9  under  thy  beautiful  feet  ;10 

6.  Winter  herself  grows  green  ;u 

7.  Very  many 12  a  river  glides  with  silent  foot  in  the 

meadows, 

8.  And  from  the  hollow  pumice-rocks 

9.  Waters13  gliding 14  through  violets,  through  purple  hya¬ 

cinths,  -  ' 

10.  -  Wander  at  large.13 

11.  Nor  yet,  if  sad  consolations 16  please  [thee],  from  [our]  sky 

12.  Is  mournful1'’  murmuring  absent. 

13.  Many  a  turtle 18  consoles  himself  with  [his]  widowed 19 

song, 

14.  Many  a  dove 20  coos  31 

15.  The  mellow  fruits 22  every  where,  forgetting 23  [their] 

former  juices, 24  for  thee, 

16.  Of  their  own  accord 25  shall  fall. 

17.  The  crops  themselves  are  green 26  of  their  own  accord, 

of  itself 37  the  unwounded 28 

18.  Field  is  white 29  with  harvests. 

19.  Plane-trees  afford  hospitable  shade,30  and  green31 

20.  Couches 32  the  grassy  herbage33  affords34, 

21.  Hither  come,  [guide  thy]  beautiful 35  doves,  more  beau¬ 

tiful  thyself, 

22.  Hither  come,  guide 36  [them],  sister  ! 


1.  Innectens. 

2.  Lorum. 

3.  Ad. 

4.  Piceus. 

5.  Nimbus. 

6.  Diffugio. 

7.  Imber. 

8.  Gramina. 

9.  Mitesco. 
10.  Planta. 


11.  Viresco. 

12.  Plurimus. 

13.  (Aquae :  next 

verse.) 

14.  Lapsus. 

15.  Exspatior. 

16.  Solatium. 

17.  Flebilis. 

18.  Turtur. 

19.  Viduus. 


20.  Columba. 

21.  Gemo. 

22.  (Mitia  poma : 

next  verse.) 

23.  Oblitus. 

24.  Succus. 

25.  (Ipse:prev.  v.) 

26.  Virent. 

27.  Ipse. 

28.  Innoxius. 


29.  Albet. 

30.  Hospitium. 

31.  Virens. 

32.  Torus. 

33.  Graminis  herba.. 

34.  (Praebet:  previ¬ 

ous  verse.) 

35.  Formosus. 

36.  Flecto. 


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10.  SECOND  ARCHILOCHIAN  SYSTEM. 

1 .  This  system  consists  of  an  hexameter  and  Iambelegus 
alternately. 

2.  The  Iambelegus  is  an  iambic  dimeter  prefixed  to  a 
dactylic  penthemirheris. 

3.  The  two  halves  of  the  Iambelegus  are  so  far  distinct, 
that  one  never  runs  into  the  other  ;  the  last  syllable  of  the 
first  half  may  be  long  or  short,  but  there  must  be  no  hiatus 

between  the  portions. 

-  •  '  +  ■  ■  -  ^ 

EXAMPLES. 

Te  manet  Assaraci  tellus,  quam  frigida  parvi, 

Findunt  |  Scaman[drl  flu|mma,  ||  lubricus  |  et  Simo|ls 
Unde  tibi  reditum  certo  subtemine  Parcae 

Ruper|e  nec  |  mater  |  domum  ||  cserula  |  te  revejhet. 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  Second  Archilochian 

System „ 

1.  Do  you,  then,1 2  trusting 2  to  a  ship3  flying'1, 5  through  the 

Tuscan  Sea, 

2.  And  the"  ungovernable 8  south  winds,  prepare  to 

go  ? 

3.  Nor  grow  pale 6  at  foul 7  storms ,8  nor  monsters  swimming 9 
x.  in  the  sea,10 

4.  Nor  shipwrecking 11  rocks  ?  Nay,  even  forgetting 12 

thy  promise13 

5.  Before  given,  you  fly  Rome  and  [your]  companions,14, 

6.  And  desert 15  the  embraces 16  of  [your]  brother,  O 

brother,  dearer11  to  me  than  life, 

7.  Who  follows10  your  sails  with  vows, 

8.  Lest  cruel  Africus  assail 19  them 30  or  Boreas. 

1.  Ergone.  6,  (Palles  :  next  v.)  12.  (Immemor:  next  16.  (Amplexus  :  next 

2.  (Credulus  :  next  7.  Foedas/  verse.)  yerse.) 

verse.)  8.  Hiems.  13.  Fides.  17.  Amabilior. 

3.  Puppis.  9.  Nato.  14.  Sodalis.  18.  Sequentis. 

4.  Volito.  10.  Pontus.  15.  (Deseris:  next  19.  Ingruo. 

5.  Impotens.  11.  Naufragus.  verse.)  20.  Illis. 


288  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 

{  *  • 

9.  Go  happy,  and  farewell  for  a  long  time,  and  [your] 
swift  keel 

10.  May  the  Tyndaride b1  rule?  stars  favorable 3  to  affec¬ 

tionate  brothers. 

11.  And  may  Neptune,  ruler 4  of  the  deep?  hush 6  for  [you] 

voyaging 7 

12.  The  angry  seas  ?  and  may  the  choir  of  the  Nereids 

13.  And  bounteous0  Thetis  favor10  [you],  till?1  with  winds 

ever 12  favorable, 

14.  The  Stoechades  scattered  over  the  sea,  and  the  Pho- 

ccean13  bays, 

15.  You  may  have  touched 14  with  [your]  prow.  But  why, 

prophetic 15  of  the  future, 

16.  Does  my  mind  fear  evil 16  fates  ?  May  the  predic¬ 

tion11  of  [my]  augury,  I  pray,  be 

17.  Vain  ;18  and  moved 19  both  by  your  deserts,  and  the 

prayers  of  your  friends, 

18.  May  the  deities  preserve  both  you  and  your  ship?0 


11.  THIRD  ARCHILOCHIAN  SYSTEM. 

1.  This  system  consists  of  an  Iambic  Trimeter  and  an 
Elegiambus  alternately. 

2.  An  Elegiambus  is  the  iambelegus  with  its  two  halves 
transposed,  that  is,  a  dactylic  penthemimeris  followed  by 
an  iambic  dimeter. 

3.  The  last  syllable  of  the  penthemimeris  may  be  either 
long  or  short ;  and  if  it  ends  in  a  long  vowel,  may  be  follow¬ 
ed  by  a  vowel. 

EXAMPLES. 

Petti,  |  nihil  ||  me,  sic|ut  ant||ea  J  juvat  || 

Scribere  |  versicu|los  ||  amo|re  per||cussum  |  gravi.  || 

1.  (Next  verse.)  6.  (Componat :  11.  Dum.  17.  Fides. 

2.  Rego.  next  verse.)  12.  Usque.  18.  Vanus, 

3.  Benignus.  7.  Eunti,  i  13.  Phocaicus.  19.  Permota :  next 

4.  Potens.  8.  Fretum.  14.  Attingo.  verse.) 

5.  Pelagus.  9.  Almus'  15.  Praesagus.  20.  Ratis. 

10.  Adsit.  16.  Sinister. 


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Convert  the  following  Lines  into  ike  Third  Archilochian 

System. 

1.  Having  left  [my]  country,  wandering 1  I  visited 2  un¬ 

known  men,3 

2.  Seeking  vain *  [objects],  and  crossed 5  the  wide  sea.6 

3.  And  [being]  absent  long  among  foreign 7  nations, 

4.  I  have  learned,  [O]  England  /*  with  what9  love  I  love 10 

thee.  .  j 

5.  To  [me]  returned 11  hath  fled,  the  sad  dream  hath  fled, 

6.  And  I  will  not  desert  thee  a  second  time,13  beloved 18  land. 

7.  The  great  love 14  of  thee  seems  daily 15  to  become 16  greater, 

8.  [0]  England  !  and  [thee],  much  loved,  I  love  more 17 

9.  Thy 18  mountains  have  often 19  seen  me  enjoying™  joy 31 

10.  Alas  !  too  great 33  [joy]  :  I  care  not  for™  other™  joys. 

11.  A  girl 25  dear 36  to  me 27  spun™  [her]  wool  at 29  a  British 

hearth, 

12.  And  turned 30  her  spindle.31 

13.  Among  grottoes 32  and  groves  33  which  morning  reveals 36 

to  thee,  [which]  black 35  night  conceals, 

14.  My  Lucinda  used  to  play:36 

15.  The  [field]  itself, 37  too,33  is,  [that]  green  field  is  thine, 

16.  The  last  which  my  Lucinda,  already 39  dying,  saw. 


12.  FOURTH  ARCHILOCHIAN  SYSTEM. 

1.  This  system  consists  of  an  Archilochian  Heptameter 
and  Iambic  Trimeter  Catalectic. 

2.  The  Archilochian  Heptameter  consists  of  a  Dactylic 
Tetrameter  (the  last  foot  of  which  must  always  be  a  dac¬ 
tyl),  followed  by  three  trochees. 

_ _ 

1.  Vagus.  12.  Iterum.  22.  Nimius.  32.  (Antra  per :  next 

2.  Adivi.  13.  DiLectus.  23.  Nolo.  verse.) 

3.  (Second  verse.)  14.  (Next  verse.)  24.  Diversus.  33.  (Et  nemora : 

4.  Vana.  15.  Indies.  25.  (Puella:  next  next  verse  A 

5.  Transii.  16.  (Fieri :  next  >  verse.)  34.  Recludo. 

6.  Pontus.  verse.)  26.  (Next  verse.)  35.  Niger. 

7.  Exterus.  17.  Plus.  27.  (Next  verse.)  36.  Ludebat. 

8.  Anglia.  18.  (Next  verse.)  28.  Trahebat.  37.  Ille  ipse. 

9.  Quantus.  19.  (Next  verse.)  29.  Ad.  38.  Et. 

10.  Diligam.  20.  Fruor,  30.  Verso.  39.  Jam. 

11.  Reversus.  21.  Gaudium.  31.  Fusus  <r 

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LATIN  VERSIFICATION.— ~T ART  VII. 


3.  An  Iambic  Trimeter  Catalectic  is  an  Iambic  Trimeter, 
wanting  one  syllable  at  the  end  ;  and  it  follows,  of  course, 
the  same  rules  as  the  regular  Iambic  Trimeter. 

4.  The  tenth  syllable  of  the  Iambic  Trimeter  Catalectic 
must  always  be  accented,  and  either  the  sixth,  or  both  the 
fourth  and  eighth. 

I  .  <>  „  >'!  .  t 

Examples  of  the  Archilochian  Heptameter. 

Iam  Cythe|rea  chor|os  du|clt  Venus  ||  immi|nente  |  luna.  [ 
Vltm  |  summa  brevjls  spem  |  nos  vetat  ||  Inchojare  |  longam.  J 
Nec  tener|um  Lyci[dan  ml|rabere,  ||  qu5  cal|et  juv|entus.  | 


Examples  of  the  Iambic  Trimeter  Catalectic. 

Revex|it  aur||o  capt|us  hie  ||  superblum.  >  R  in 
1234567  8  9  10  11  $  ’ 


Voca|tus  at||que  non  |  mora||tus  aud|It. 
1234  56  789  10  11 


6,  10. 


Marls|que  Bal|| Is  ob|strepen||tis  urg|es.  >  ,  in 
12  3  456  78  9  10  11  ’  ’ 


5.  The  following  construction  must  be  avoided :  Maris- 
que  vesane  strepentis. — This  Avould  not  be  metre,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  the  aberration  of  the  accent  from  the  fourth  as  well 
as  the  sixth  place. 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  Fourth  Archilochian 

System. 

■■ — S  ! 

1.  As  when 1  Jupiter’s  armor-bearer ,3  bred 3  in  Phrygian  Ida, 

2.  The  daring  attendant 4  of  the  piercing 5  thunderbolt 

3.  In  early 6  spring  tries 7  his  tender  wings  [in]  the  north¬ 

east  winds,9  j 

4.  And  knows  not 9  earth;10  and ,  forgetting11  [his]  nest, 

5.  Treads  in 12  the  great  footsteps  of  [his]  sire,  and  far  and 

wide 

6.  Visits  the  workshops ,13  thundering  around,1*  of  the 

lightnings  :15 

- — — — . — — _ i _ 

1.  dualis  ubi.  5.  Hiulcus.  9.  Nescio.  13.  Officina. 

2.  Armiger.  6.  Novus.  10.  Plural.  14.  Circumtono. 

3.  Educatus.  7.  Experitur.  11.  Immemor.  15.  (Previous  v.) 

4.  Satelles.  8.  Aquilo.  12,  Relego. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - TART  VII. 


291 


7.  So,1  wandering  about 2  with  the  [hitherto]  unaccustomed 3 4 

flight*  of  [thy]  genius 5 

8.  Learned  and  vigorous6 7  [in  essaying]  a  father's 

flight,1 

9.  Yon,  above  the  lofty  palaces  of  princes ,8  both  despise 9 10 11 

the  lands, 

10.  And  wander  through 10  the  highest  citadels  of  things. 

11.  And  as 11  [your]  father,  hovering 12  over  nations 13  with 

hesitating 14  wings, 

12.  Gives 15  laws  to  proud  tyrants, 

13.  [So]  you,  like 16  [him]  in  counsel,  nor  degenerate 17  in 

ability16  having  followed  [him], 

14.  Press  on 19  [him]  flying,  with  equal  endeavors.™ 

15.  He,  however,  had  restrained 21  the  imperious 22  axes  of  the 

Insubres, 

16.  And  had  governed 23  the  forum  [as]  an  active 24  tri¬ 


umvir, 

17.  Thee,  secluded  from  public  life,™  the  home  of  innocent 

leisure 26  has  kept, 

18.  [Thee],  having  dared  to  put  off 27  civil 28  cares. 

19.  You  do  not,  however,  in  the  mean  time,  suffer  pure 29 

morals  to  be  banished 30 

20.  From  the  courts 31  of  the  powerful,  or  palaces  of  the 

rich ; 

21.  While  you  forbid 32  corruption 33  swelling 34  with  popular 

storms,35 

22.  To  besiege  the  venerable 36  doors37  of  kings, 

23.  Nor  suffer 38  to  stand  in  the  midst  of  the  crowds 39  [that 

attend]  the  Coesarsf 

24.  Both  dark  frauds  and  lazy 41  luxury,*3 


1.  Talis.  12.  Immoratus. 

2.  Circumvagus.  13.  Populus. 

3.  Inassuetus.  14.  Dubius. 

4.  Volatus.  15.  Divido. 

5.  Ingeni.  16.  Par. 

6.  Strenuus.  17.  Degener. 

7.  Paternae  pennae.  18.  Ingeni. 

8.  Proceres.  19.  Adurgeo. 

9.  Despicisque.  20.  Nisus. 

10.  Pervagor.  21.  Framo. 

11.  Utque.  22.  Dominas. 


23.  Rego.  33.  Ambitus. 

24.  Gnavus.  34.  Tumidus. 

25.  Rerum  exsor-  35.  Procella. 

tem.  36.  Verendus. 

26.  Oti.  ■*  37.  Postis. 

27.  Exuisse.  38.  Pateris. 

28.  Togatus.  39.  Caterva. 

29.  Niveus.  40.  Caesarum. 

30.  Exsulare.  41.  Deses. 

31.  Aula.  42.  Luxus. 

32.  Prohibeo. 


292  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 

25.  And  sleepless 1 2  wiles?  and  the  splendor 3  of  a  court 4  over¬ 

laid 5  with  sweet  poisons, 

26.  And  barbarous  insolence 5 


13.  ALCMANIAN  SYSTEM. 

•  >  *■  ; 

This  system  consists  of  a  Dactylic  Hexameter,  followed 
by  a  Dactylic  Tetrameter  a  posteriore ,  that  is,  a  Dactylic 
Tetrameter  ending  in  a  spondee.  > 

Examples  of  the  Tetrameter. 

Mobili[bus  po|maria  |  rlvls  | 

Carmine  |  perpetu|o  cele|brare  | 

Tltho|nusque  re|motus  in  }  auras  | 

Debita  |  jura  vi|cesque  su|perbse.  | 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  Alcmanian  System. 

1.  If  the  deity  [had]  promised 7  you,  if  the  fates  had 8 

[promised] 

2.  That  the  years  of  [your]  wife  should  be 9  eternal, 

3.  Justly?0  [0]  bravest  of  [our]  nobles ,u  would  you  with 12 

perpetual  weepings 

4.  Complain 13  [that  she  has  been]  snatched  away?*  [O] 

Petronius. 

5.  She?5  indeed,  not  if  I  conquer 16  the  Manes,  deaf  to  songs?1 

6.  'With  the  lyre18  of  Orpheus?0 

7.  May  burst 20  the  doors 21  built  up 22  with  adamant,  and  the 

fortifications 23 

8.  Surrounded 24  with  a  flame-bearing*5  wall?5 

9.  And  be  restored  to  you.  The  door  stands  by  no 27  vow 

[to  be  unbarred], 

10.  It  stands  to  be  unbarred 28  by  no 29  poet. 

1.  Exsomnis.  7.  Pollicitum.  15.  Illa.  22.  Eductus. 

2.  Dolus.  8.  Fuissent.  16.  (Vincam :  next  23.  Mcenia. 

3.  (Nitorem:  next  9.  Fore.  verse.)  24.  Circumdatus. 

verse.)  10.  Jure.  17.  Ad  Carmina.  25.  Flammifer. 

4.  (AuIeb  :  next  11.  Proceres.  18.  Testudo.  26.  Murus.  • 

verse.)  12.  Per.  19.  Orpheus  (adj.).  27.  (Dative.) 

5.  Illitus.  13.  Uuererere.  20.  Rumpat.  28.  Reserandus. 

6.  Fastus.  14.  Ereptus.  21.  Fores.  29.  (Dative.) 


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293 


14.  FIRST  PYTHIAMBIC  SYSTEM. 

»  ,  ^5  . 

This  system  consists  of  a  Dactylic  Hexameter,  followed 
by  a  Dimeter  Iambic. 

EXAMPLES. 

Mollis  m|ertia  |  cur  tan|tam  dlff|uderit  |  Imls 
OblI[vTo||nem  senjsibus.  || 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  First  Pythiambic 
V  System. 

1.  What  discord  now  agitates  the phrensied1  nations? 

2.  What  fury  [arouses]  mutual  slaughters  ? 

3.  What  rage ,2  or  what  madness ,3  advises 

4.  That  the  laurel 4  be  bought  with  friendly5  blood?5 

5.  What  a  shame 7  [it  is]  to  prop  up 8  the  kingdom  of  the 

Odrysian  tyrant 

6.  By  the  hurt 9  of  falling10  Europe, 

7.  And  to  give  up 11  Crete 

8.  To  be  oppressed 12  by  the  perfidious  Scythian,  who 18  is 

attaching 14  the  resources 15  of  Venice  ?16 

9.  Spare,  now  at  length  spare  a  civil  war : 

10.  Enough  the  ruins  of  cities 

11.  Have  we  wept,  and  plains  sprinkled 17  with  kindred 18 

blood. 

12.  Enough  [has  been]  given  to  discord. 

13.  Spare  !  or,  if  so  great  a  love  of  Mars  burns19  you 20  upf9) 

14.  If  so  great  a  thirst  of  empire 21  [burns  you  up], 

15.  [Your]  hatreds  being  changed,  let  the  Gaul  agree 28  with 

the  Spaniard  ;23 

16.  Let  the  latter 24  by25  known  footsteps 


1.  Vesanus.  7.  Pudor. 

2.  Rabies.  8.  Fulcio. 

3.  Dementia.  9.  Malum. 

4.  Laurea.  10.  Labens. 

5.  (Amico:  previ-  11.  Permitto. 

ous  line.)  12.  . Premendus. 

6.  Cruor.  13.  (Previous  v.) 


14.  (Carpat:  previ-  19.  Aduro. 

ous  verse.)  20.  Vos. 

15.  (Opes:  previous  21.  Regnandi. 

verse.)  22.  Conspiro. 

16.  (Venetas:  pre-  23.  Iberus. 

vi'ous  verse.)  24.  Ilic. 

17.  Sparsus.  25.  Per. 

18.  Cognatus. 

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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


17.  Seek 1  the  kingdoms  of  Libya ;  let  the  former 2  rather 3 

triumphs  in  Palestine 4 

18.  (Mindful  of  [his]  ancient *  valor) 

19.  Court,6  and  the  palms  of  Idume,  wide-spread 

foliage,'' 

20.  Pluck 8  with  victorious  hand. 

21.  Go  with  alacrity  ;9  go,  then,  spread 10  [your]  sails  to  the 

favoring 11  sea, 

22.  [Sails]  dedicated 12  to  a  noble  conflict ; 

23.  Go,  [ye]  pious  kings,  [your]  right  hands  joined13  by  a  league, 

24.  Let  common  vengeance 14  arm. 


15.  SECOND  PYTHIAMBIC  SYSTEM. 

This  system  consists  of  a  Dactylic  Hexameter,  followed 
by  an  Iambic  Trimeter  Acatalectic. 

EXAMPLE. 

Altera  j  jam  teri|tur  bell[is  cljvllibus  |  aetas 
Suis  |  et  Tpjjsa  Rojma  vl||ribus  |  rult.  || 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  the  Second  Pythiambic 

System. 

1.  We  are  going  into  Italy  ;15  already  Cyllarus 16  fighiS 

against  the  tightened 17  reins, 

2.  And,  snorting,1*  demands 19  [his]  journey  with  glad 

neighing  ,*20 

3.  And,  impatient  of  delay,  tosses 21  the  sand  with  [his]  foot, 

4.  And  longs 22  to  outstrip 23  the  south  winds™  in  [his]  course. 

5.  We  go  ;  and,  accustomed  to  visit 25  the  stars,  [wafted]  by 

the  Dircsean  swan, 

7  > 

6.  And  the  sacred  grove  of  Phoebus,  borne  along 26  by 


Pegasus, 


1.  Peto.  8.  Decerpo. 

2.  Ille.  ,  9.  Alacres. 

3.  Magis.  10.  Date. 

4.  Solymos  (adj.).  11.  Secundus. 

5.  Antiquus.  12  Devotus. 

6.  Ambio.  13.  Conjunctus 

7.  Late  frondentis.  14.  Ultio. 


15.  Ausonia.  22.  Gestio. 

16.  (Third  verse.)  23.  Prtetervolo. 

17.  Pressis.  24.  Notus. 

18.  Fremo.  25.  (Visere  :  seventh 

19.  Posco.  verse.) 

20.  Hinnitus.  26.  Vectus. 

21.  Jacto. 


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7.  Shall1  now  swiftly 2  climb(l )  the  Alps,  inserted*  in  the 

midst  of  the  clouds, 

8.  Where  Alcides  laid  down 4  [his]  fabulous  road  ; 

9.  Or  where  the  leader 5  of  the  Carthaginians 6  burst  through 7 

rocks  with  vinegar ,8 

10.  And  cw£9  with  iron  the  rocks10  heated11  with  flames. 

11.  Nor,  after  the  dangers1'  of  the  land, 

12.  Shall  we,13  dreading  no  harm1*  fear{13)  to  cut 15  the 

tumultuous 16  waves  of  the  Adriatic 17  Sea 

13.  In  a  Venetian  bark.ls 

14.  The  Muse  will  save  me  voyaging13  her  own  servant.20 


16.  ANAPAESTIC  MEASURES. 

1.  In  Anapaestic  verse  the  feet  admissible  without  re¬ 
striction  are  the  anapsest,  the  spondee,  and  the  dactyl. 

2.  Dactyls,  however,  ought  to  be  employed  sparingly  in 
Latin  Anapsestics.  When  introduced,  they  ought  to  be 
the  first  foot  in  the  dipode,  and  ought  to  be  followed  by  a 
spondee  in  preference  to  an  anapaest. 

3.  Anapaestic  verse  is  scanned  by  metres  of  two  feet 
each  ;  „thus,  an  Anapaestic  Monometer  contains  two  feet ;  a 
dimeter,  four ;  a  trimeter,  six,  &c. 

4.  No  specimen  of  Anapaestic  verse  is  extant  in  the 


purer  Latin  writers.  Those  that  have  reached  us  belong  to 
a  later  age.  * 

5.  The  species  of  Anapaestics  most  in  use  among  the 
Greek  tragic  writers  was  the  Anapaestic  Dimeter  Acatalectic. 

6.  Anapaestic  verses  arranged  in  monometers  or  dime¬ 
ters,  and  thus  forming  a  succession  of  many  lines,  are  call¬ 
ed  systems. 

7.  Systems  of  Anapaestic  Dimeters  are  usually  closed, 
among  the  Greeks,  by  an  Anapaestic  Dimeter  Catalectic, 


1.  (Scandemus:  5.  Ductor. 

11th  verse.)  6.  Pceni. 

2.  (Celeres :  11th  7.  Rumpo. 

verse.)  8.  Acetum. 

3.  Insertus.  9.  Scindo. 

4.  Sterno.  10.  Cautes. 


11.  Torridus.  16.  Tumultuosus. 

12.  Discrimen.  17.  Adriae. 

13.  (Metuemus:  18.  Cymba. 

13th  verse.)  19.  Navigans. 

14.  (Securi:  13thv.)  20.  Suum. 

15.  (Findere:  13thv.) 


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otherwise  called  a  Paroemiac ,  it  having  been  a  favorite 
vehicle  for  proverbs  (II apoipiat,). 

8.  The  Latin  writers,  however,  do  not,  as  often  as  the 
Greeks,  close  a  system  of  Dimeters  by  a  Parcemiac.  Seneca 
never  does. 

9.  It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  Anapaestic  Systems  pro¬ 
ceed  on  the  principle  of  continuous  scansion.  Hence  the 
last  syllable  of  every  verse  is  not  common,  but  is  subject  to 
the  ordinary  rules  of  prosody,  unless  at  the  end  of  a  sen¬ 
tence,  or  any  considerable  pause  in  the  sense. 

10.  The  only,,  exception  to  the  rule  laid  down  in  the  pre¬ 
ceding  paragraph  is  in  the  case  of  the  Paroemiac,  the  last 
syllable  of  which  is  common.  An  Anapaestic  System, 
therefore,  is,  in  fact,  one  long  line,  broken  up  into  several 
lines,  the  end  of  which  long  line  is  marked  by  the  Paroemiac. 

11.  Hence  we  see  why  the  last  syllable  of  the  Paroemiac 
is  the  only  one  in  the  entire  system  that  is  common,  it  be¬ 
ing,  in  reality,  the  concluding  syllable  of  a  long  line,  which 
line  is  supposed  to  commence  with  the  first  verse  of  the 
system. 

12.  The  third  foot  of  a  Paroemiac  must  always  be  an 
Anapaest.  The  dactyl  is  less  frequently  used  in  the  first 
and  second  places  than  the  spondee. 

Example  of  an  Anapcestic  System. 

( Senec .)  Indus  |  gelidum  ||  potat  Ajraxem  [|  ✓ 

Alblm  |  Persae,  ||  Rhenum  |que  bibunt.  || 
Venient  |  annis  |J  saecula  |  serls,  |j 
Quibus  0|ceanus  ||  vincula  |  rerum  || 

Laxet,  et  |  ingens  ||  pateat  |  tellus,  || 
Tethys|que  novos  ||  detegat  |  orbes,  || 

Nec  sit  |  terris  ||  ultima  |  Thule.  ]] 

Examples  of  Parcemiacs  forming  a  System  by  themselves. 

(Prudent.)  Venient  |  cito  S8e|jcula,  cum  |  jam 
Socius  |  calor  oss||a  revi|sat, 

Anlma|taque  san||guine  vijvo 
Habita|cula  prls]|tlna  gest|et. 


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297 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Anapaestic  Dimeters 

Acatalectic. 

I1-) 

1.  O  Creator 1  of  the  starry 2  universe 3 

2.  Who,  reclining 4  on  [thy]  eternal 5  throne, 

3.  Turnest6  the  sky  in  rapid  circling  course ,7 

4.  And  compellest  the  stars8  to  endure 9  a  law  ; 

5.  So  that ,10  now  bright 11  with  [her]  full  horn, 

6.  Facing 12  a//13  [her]  brother’s  flames, 

7.  The  moon  dims1*  the  minor  stars  ; 

8.  [And]  now  [again]  pale  with  darkening 15  horn, 

9.  Nearer  to  the  Sun,  she  loses  [her]  light}8 

10.  And  [so  that]  Hesperus  f  who.  during  the  period  of  the 

early 19  night, 

11.  Leads  on30  the  cold  risings 21  [of  many  a  star], 

12.  Again  changes  [his]  wonted  reins, 

13.  [Becoming]  Lucifer,  who  grows  pale 22  at  the  rising  of 

Phoebus... 

14.  Thou,  during  the  cold  of  leaf-falling 23  winter f 

15.  Coniractest 25  the  light  by  a  shorter  delay  [of  the  sun  in 

the  heavens]  : 

16.  Thou,  when  the  glowing 26  summer  has  come31 

17.  Dost  parcel  out 28  the  [now]  rapid 29  hours  of  the  night. 

18.  Thy  power  regulates 30  the  varied 31  year  ; 

19.  So  that,  what  leaves 32  the  breath  of  Boreas  bears 

away , 

20.  [These]  mild  Zephyrus  restores  f* 

21.  And  what  seeds  Arcturus  has  seen, 

22.  [These]  Sirius  parches,35  [having  now  become]  deep 

crops  of  standing  corn.35 

1.  Conditor.  11.  Lucidus.  20.  Ago.  *  29.  Agilis. 

2.  Stellifer.  12.  Obvius.  21.  Algentes  ortus.  30.  Tempero. 

3.  Orbis.  •  13.  Totus.  22.  Pallens.  .  31.  Varius. 

4.  Nixus.  14.  Condo.  23.  Frondifluus.  32.  (Frondes:  next 

5.  Perpetuus.  15.  Obscurus.  24.  Bruma.  line.) 

6.  Verso.  16.  Lumina.  25.  Stringo.  33.  Aufero. 

7.  Turbo.  17.  (Next  v.)  26.  Fervidus.  34.  Reveho. 

8.  Sidus.  18.  Tempore.  27.  Venerit.  35.  Uro. 

9.  Patior.  19.  Primus.  28.  Divido.  36.  Seges. 

10.  Ut. 


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(2.) 


1.  If  thou  wishest  the  laws 1  of  the  lofty1  2 3  Thunderer 8 


2.  Diligently 4  to  discern 5 6  with  pure  mind, 

3.  Survey 6  the  heights 7  #f  the  highest  heavens. 

4.  There,  fo/  virtue  of  a  sure  compact ,8 

5.  The  stars  preserve  the  ancient 9  concord 10  o/  things.11 * 

6.  The  Sun,  2/zowg7i  whirled  along 12  mzd13  gleaming 

fire, 

7.  Impedes  ?zo214  the  cold  car15  of  Phoebe  ; 

8.  Nor  does  the  Bear,16  which  a2  the  highest 11  pole  of  the 

world 

9.  Bends  around 18  [its]  rapid  windings ,19 

10.  [The  Bear]  never  lathed 20  in  the  western 21  deep,22 

11.  Though  beholding 23  the  other  stars  plunged 24  [into  the 

same], 

12.  Desire  to  dip26  [his]  flames  into  the  Ocean. 

13.  .42  successive  and  regular  intervals 26  of  time, 

14.  Vesper  always21  announces  the  late  shades  [of  even- 

ing], 

15.  And  Lucifer  brings  back 29  the  benign  day. 

16.  Thus  alternate  love 29  renews 30  the  never-ending 31  move¬ 


ments  ; 

17.  Thus,  from  the  starry 32  realms ,33 

18.  Discordant  war  zs  exiled.2* 


19.  From  the  same  causes,  in  the  warm26  spring, 

20.  The  blooming 36  year  breathes  forth  odors  ; 

21.  The  glowring  summer  ripens21  the  grain,29 

22.  Autumn  returns 39  loaded 40  with  fruit, 

23.  The  descending 41  ram42  makes  wet 43  the  winter  season. 


1.  Jus. 

2.  Celsus. 

3.  Tonans. 

4.  Solers. 

5.  Cerno. 

6.  Aspicio. 

7.  Culmen. 

8.  Justo  foedere. 

9.  Vetus. 

10.  Pax. 

11.  (Rerum :  previ¬ 

ous  line.) 


12.  Concitus. 

13.  (Mark  of  abla¬ 

tive.) 

14.  Previous  v. 

15.  Axis. 

16.  (Ursa:  next  v.) 

17.  Summo. 

18.  Flecto. 

19.  Meatus. 

20.  Lotus. 

21.  Occiduus. 

22.  Profundum. 


23.  Cernens.  33.  (Ora  r  next  v.) 

24.  Mergi.  34.  Exulat. 

25.  Tingo.  35.  Tepens. 

26.  Vicibus  aiquis.  38.  Florifer. 

27.  (Semper :  pie  vi-  37.  Sicco. 

ous  verse.)  38.  Ceres. 

28.  Reveho.  39.  Remeo. 

29.  (Next  verse.)  40.  Gravis. 

30.  Reficio.  41.  Defluus. 

31.  iEternus.  42.  Imber. 

32.  Astriger.  43.  Inigo. 


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299 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Paroemiacs. 

1.  This  death,  thou,  [O]  God  !  most  excellent 1 

2.  Being  prepared  to  do  away  with 2  for  [thy]  servants 3 4 

3.  Dost  point  out  an  incorruptible *  path5 6 7 8 

4.  By  which  [our]  ruined 6  members  may  arise  again 7  [to 

life]; 

5.  For  what  do  rocks9  hollowed  out,9 

6.  What  do  fair10  monuments  wishybr  themselves ,u 

7.  Unless 12  [it  be]  Z/ta£13  a  thing  is  intrusted1*  to  them 

8.  Not  dead,  but  [merely]  consigned 15  to  sleep. 

9.  Death  itself  is  hence  [rendered]  happier,16 

10.  In  that, 17  through  the  tortures 18  of  dissolution 19 

11.  A  path  on  high 20  is  opened 21  for  the  just, 

12.  And  by  means  of  sufferings 22  they  make  their  way*3  to 

the  stars. 

13.  Cease**  now,  [thou]  sad  complaint, 

14.  Check 25  [your]  tears,  [0]  mothers  ; 

15.  Let  no  one  mourn 26  his  pledges 27  [of  affection], 

16.  This  death  is  [only]  a  renewal**  of  life. 


17.  TROCHAIC  MEASURES. 

1.  Trochaic  verse  derives  its  name  from  the  foot  which 
prevails  in  it,  namely,  the  Trochee  ;  and  the  metres  are 
counted  by  two  feet,  as  in  lambics  and  Anapsestics. 

2.  Originally  the  trochee  was  the  only  foot  allowed  to 
enter  the  line  ;  but  variations  were  afterward  introduced,  as 
in  the  case  of  Iambic  verse. 

3.  The  trochee,  like  the  iambus,  is  convertible  into  a 
tribrach ;  and  hence  this  last-mentioned  foot  is  allowed  to 
enter,  and  so  are  the  spondee  and  anapaest.  The  dactyl, 

1.  Optimus.  9.  Cavatus.  15.  Datus.  22.  Dolor. 

2.  Aboleo.  10.  Pulcher.  16.  Beatus.  23.  Itur. 

3.  Famulus.  11.  (Sibi:  previous  17.  Quod.  24.  Quiesco. 

4.  Inviolabilis.  line.)  18.  Cruciamen.  25.  Suspendo. 

5.  Iter.  12.  Nisi.  19.  Letum.  26.  Plango. 

6.  Perditus.  13.  Quod.  20.  Arduus.  27.  Pignus. 

7.  Resurgo.  14.  Credo.  21.  Pando.  28.  Reparatio. 

8.  Saxum. 


300  LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 

however,  is  in  general  not  admitted,  except  in  the  case  of 
a  proper  name. 

4.  A  difference,  deserving  of  careful  notice,  exists  be¬ 
tween  the  Iambic  and  Trochaic  measures,  in  that  the  former 
admits  the  spondee  and  anapaest  into  the  uneven  places,  but 
the  Trochaic  into  the  even  only. 


Trochaic  Dimeter  Acatalectic. 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  four  feet,  properly  all  tro¬ 
chees  ;  as, 

Non  fa[clt  quod  ||  optat  |  Ipse.  || 

2.  The  spondee,  however,  and  its  equivalents  in  quantity, 
the  anapaest  and  dactyl  (the  latter  more  rarely,  as  already 
remarked),  are  admitted  into  the  second  place  : 

Inco|lae  terr|jarum  ab|ortu  || 

Solis  |  idtimj|um  ad  cu|blle  |j 
Ela  |  Domm5  ||  jubi|late  || 

ConscT|os  scelellrls  ne]fandl.  || 

7  *  ■ 

.  •  j 

V.  ^ 

Trochaic  Dimeter  Catalectic. 

■*  ✓  - 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  three  feet,  properly  all  tro¬ 
chees,  and  a  catalectic  syllable ;  as, 

Non  ebjur  ne||que  aurejum 
Dona  |  c5nsci||entl]ae. 

2.  In  the  second  place  it  admits  the  spondee,  the  dactyl, 
and  likewise  the  anapmst ;  as, 

Lents  |  ac  modi||cum  flu|ens 
Aura  |  nec  ver||gens  lat|us 
Ducat  |  Intrepi||dam  ratjem 
Tiita  |  me  mediila  ve|hat 
Vita  I  decurrllens  Vila. 

*  i 


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301 


Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Trochaic  Dimeter  Acata- 
lectics  and  Trochaic  Dimeter  Catalectics,  every  third  line 
being  a  Catalectic. 

1  Say  [ye]  unto  him,  [O]  Holy1  Ruler  of  the  world,2 

2.  How  stupendous 3 4  of  thy *  deeds 5 

3.  Is  the  glory  ! 

4.  How  great  the  might  !<  with  which  [thy]  insolent 7 8 

5.  Foes,  their  mind  being  broken  down,6  thou  dost  compel 

6.  To  bend  before 9  [thee]  as  suppliants. 

7.  Let  us  sing  of  thee  in  soft 10  accents 11 * 

8.  Let  us  sound  forth™  [thy  praise]  on  the  sweet  lyre™ 

9.  And  in  the  strains 14  of  song.15  ,  , 

10.  Come,15  be  present,  see 17  deeds 18 

11.  To  be  wondered  at 19  by  all 20  ages  ; 

12.  And  attentively 21  weigh 22 

13.  The  doings 23  of  a  provident  parent, 

14.  The  doings  of  a  God  consulting 

15.  With  wondrous  skill™  for  [his]  servants25 

16.  He  turned  the  swelling 26  sea 27 

17.  Into  plains  of  arid  sand  ; 

18.  Through  the  river’s  channel 28 

19.  The  band 29  of  those  rejoicing 30  he  caused 31  to  go, 

20.  As  through  dry  fields, 

21.  The  languid  wave  remaining  motionless .32 

22.  He  alone  curbs 33  the  world 

23.  With  eternal  reins.™  He  beholds 38 

24.  Both  the  pious  and  impious  ; 

25.  Nor  does  he  suffer  the  rebellious 36  against  himself, 

26.  Relying  on 37  [their]  haughty  strength, 

27.  To  enjoy  [their]  wicked 30  wishes.™ 

1.  Sanctus:  next  v.  12.  Sono.  21.  Acriter 

2.  Orbis.  13.  Barbitos.  22.  Expendo. 

3.  Stupendus.  14.  Cantus.  23.  Factum. 

4.  (Third  verse.)  15.  (Plural.)  24.  Ars. 

5.  Res.  16.  Eia.  25.  Servulus. 

6.  Virtus.  17.  (Cernite  :  next  26.  Aestuosus. 

7.  Protervus.  ,  verse.)  27.  ASquor. 

8.  Fractus.  18.  Factum.  28.  Alveus. 

9.  Procumbo.  19.  Admirandus.  29.  Agmen. 

10.  Blandus.  20.  (Cunctus :  pre-  30.  Gratulans. 

11.  Vox.  vious  verse.) 

Cc 


31.  (Fecit:  next  v.) 

32.  Stans. 

33.  Frseno. 

34.  (Habenis:  previ¬ 

ous  verse.) 

35.  Intueor. 

36.  Rebellis. 

37.  Fretus. 

38.  Improbus. 

39.  Votum. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


28.  Praise  to  our  God  throughout  all 

29.  The  regions 1  of  the  world  ;  let  every 

30.  Nation  praise  him  alone.* 

31.  [He]  alone  hath  freed1 2 3  us 4 

32.  From  a  death 5  near  at  hand  :6  [he]  alone 

33.  Hath  not  abandoned 7  [his]  servants  8 

34.  As  gold  in  the  fire  hast  thou  proved 9 

35.  Us  by  trials  :  thou  hast  bound 10 

36.  Us  in  the  nets 11  of  [our]  enemies. 

37.  But  through  fires,  but  through  waters 

38.  Thou  hast  nevertheless 12  given  [to  us] 

39.  Exercised 13  the  fertility'*  of  a  rich 15  soil. 

40.  A  suppliant,  therefore,  will  I  enter 17 

41.  [Thy]  temples,  and  will  slay 18  victims: 

42.  A  suppliant,  I  will  offer 19  vows. 


16 


Trochaic  Tetrameter  Catalectic. 

1.  This  measure  consists  of  sbven  feet  and  a  catalectic 
syllable. 

2.  Originally  all  the  feet  were  trochees,  but,  variations 
having  been  subsequently  introduced,  the  following  result 
was  finally  obtained  : 

(a.)  The  trochee  may  in  every  place  be  resolved  into 
a  tribrach. 

(b.)  In  the  even  places,  that  is,  the  second,  fourth,  and 
sixth,  in  addition  to  the  trochee,  a  spondee  is  admissible, 
which  may  be  resolved  into  an  anapaest. 

(c.)  A  dactyl  is  admissible,  in  the  case  of  a  proper 
name,  in  any  place  except  the  fourth  and  seventh. 

3.  The  caesura  uniformly  takes  place  after  the  fourth 
foot,  thus  dividing  the  verse  info  a  trochaic  dimeter  acata- 
lectic  and  a  trochaic  dimeter  catalectic. 


1.  Ora. 

2.  (Unum:  previ¬ 

ous  verse.) 

3.  Libero. 

4.  (Next  verse.) 


5.  (Previous  ve 

6.  Propinquus. 

7.  Relinquo. 

8.  Servulus. 

9.  Examinasti. 


,)  10.  Illigo. 

11.  Cassis. 

12.  Tamen. 

13.  Exercitus. 

14.  Uber. 


15.  (Divitis:  previ¬ 

ous  verse.) 

16.  Ager. 

17.  Introibo. 

18.  Csedo. 

19.  Offero. 


LATIN  VERSIFICATION. - PART  VII. 


303 


EXAMPLES. 

Cras  am|et  qui  ||  nunquam  am|avit  ||  quique  amlavlt  ||  eras 
am|et.  ^ 

Ver  n5v|um  jam  ||  ver  caniorum  ||  vere  |  natus  ||  orbis  |  est. 
Vere  |  c5ncord||ant  am|5res  ||  vere  |  nubunt  ||  alit|es. 

4.  The  following  lines  are  given  without  the  marks  of 
scansion,  to  show  the  place  of  the  caesura,  and  the  grave 
and  sonorous  character  of  the  verse  : 

Macte  judex  mortuorum,  ||  macte  rex  viventium. 
Scande  coeli  templa  virgo,  ||  digna  tanto  foedere. 

-  »  •  *  ' 

Convert  the  following  Lines  into  Trochaic  Tetrameter 

Catalectic. 


(!•) 

1.  Behold  !  [He]  whom  hards 1 2 3 4 5  sang  of 2  in  distant 3  ages, 

2.  Whom  the  faithful  pages*  of  prophets  had  pledged 6 

3.  Beams  forth  upon  the  view,6  promised/rom  of  yore  : 7  let 

all  things  praise 8  him. 

4.  Let  the  height  of  heaven  sing  ;9  sing,  all  [ye]  angels  ; 

5.  Let  whatever  of  virtue  is  any  where,  sing  in  praise 10  of 

God ! 

6.  Let  no  one  of  tongues  grow  silent  ;u  let  every  voice, 

also,  sound  forth  in  unison.1* 

7.  Thou  chidest 13  the  raging 14  wind,  because 15  in  gloomy 

blasts16 

8.  It  turns  up  the  sea 17  from  the  lowest  bottom16  and 

harasses  the  wandering  bark.16 

9.  It  obeys 20  [thy]  commands  ;  the  water  is  smoothed  into 

stillness*1 

10.  The  woman  touched 22  stealthily 23  the  border 2i  of  [thy] 
sacred 25  garment ; 


1.  Vates. 

2.  Concinebant. 

3.  Vetustus. 

4.  Pagina.' 

5.  Spoponderant. 

6.  Emicat. 

7.  Oiim. 


8.  Conlaudo. 

9.  Psallo. 

10.  Laudem. 

11.  Silesco. 
J2.  Consono. 

13.  Increpo. 

14.  Furens. 


15.  Quod. 

16.  Procella. 

17.  A3quor. 

18.  Fundum^ 

19.  Ratis. 

20.  Obsecundo. 


21.  Mitis  unda  ster¬ 
nitur. 

,  22.  Attingo. 

23.  Furtim. 

24.  Extimum. 

25.  Sacratus. 


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11.  Health 1  straightway 2  followed:  paleness  deserts  [her] 

visage .3 

12.  He  saw  the  young  man 4  snatched  away  at  the  close 5  of 

sweet  youth,6 

13.  Whom  [his]  bereaved 1  mother  was8  toifA  [her]  Zas/  /ears9 

preparing  to  inter. (8) 

14.  Arise,  he  said ;  he10  arises,  and  standing  by ,“  is  restored 

to  his  mother. 

15.  Thou  walkest  over 12  the  waters 13  of  the  deep  ,-14  thou 

treadest15  the  /ops16  of  the  billows  ; 

16.  Nor  does  the  wave 17  open 18  when  pressed  beneath  [thy] 

holy19  feet.20 

17.  Thee  let  the  old,  and  thee  the  young  men,21  thee  the 

choir  of  children,22 

18.  The  crowd  of  matrons 23  and  of  virgins,  simple  maidens,™ 

19.  Uniting 25  in  accent26  loudly  praise21  in  pure ,28  concordant 

strains29 


(2.) 

1.  Alas!  the  beautiful  hunter  himself  now  lies  a  prey  to 

the  wild  beasts,20 

2.  Wounded31  as  to  [his]  white 32  thigh  with  the  white 

tusk33  of  a  boar. 

3.  The  dark™  blood  stains 35  [his]  limbs36  fairer31  than  snow, 

4.  And  the  shade  of  night  is  poured 38  over  his  sinking 39 

40 

eyes  : 

5.  The  roses  of  [his]  lip 41  also  fade  awayf  the  sweet  kiss 

fades  away. 

6.  Dlone,  however,  not  shrinking  from13  the  fading™  kiss, 

7.  Desires 45  to  press'16  [his]  cold  lips'11  with  [her ~\  glowing*8  lips. 


1.  Salus.  13.  Stagnum. 

2.  Protenus.  14.  Pontus. 

3.  Ora.  15.  Calco. 

4.  Ephebus.  16.  Summa. 

5.  Exitus.  17.  Unda. 

6.  Juventa.  18.  Fatisco. 

7.  Orbus.  19.  Sanctus. 

8.  Funerabat.  20.  Vestigium. 

9.  Supremis  fletibus.  21.  Juventus. 

10.  Ille.  22.  Parvulorum 

11.  Adstans.  23.  Matrum. 

12.  Per.  24.  Puellulae. 


25.  Concordes. 

26.  Vox. 

27.  Perstrepo. 

28.  Pudicus. 

29.  Concentus. 

30  Ferae. 

31  Percussus . 

32.  Candidus. 

33.  Dens. 

34.  Ater. 

35.  Inquino. 

36.  Artus. 


37.  Pprus. 

38.  Funditur. 

39.  Labens. 

40.  Ocellus. 

41.  Labellum. 

42.  Marceo. 

43.  Abhorrens 

44.  Marcidus. 

45.  Gestio. 

46.  Pressisse. 

47.  Labrum. 

48.  Fervidus. 


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LATIN  VERSIFICATION. — PART  VII.  305 


8  She  kisses  [him],  but  he  knows  not 1  Venus 3  as  she 
kisses.3 

(3.)  _ 

1.  Pour  forth 4  now  the  mournful 3  strain,  pour  forth,  [0] 

Sicilian 6  Muse  ! 

2.  That  singer,  beloved  by  the  herd ,7  no  longer  sings ; 

3.  He  handles 8  not  the  oaten  pipes,9  covered  by  the  ample10 

foliage 11  of  the  holm  oak  ; 

4.  He  [now]  sings 12  to  the  shades,  he  sings  of  long  ob¬ 

livion13  to  the  dead. 

5.  Horror  reigns,  deep  silence  reigns  throughout  the  grove. 

6.  The  heifer,  with  her  stern-eyed 14  husband,15  groans  for15 

[him]  with  mournful 17  lo wings, 

7.  Nor  touches  with  her  mouth  the  pastures 19  [that  were] 

pleasing  before. 

(4.)  ' 

1.  In  the  morning,  [O]  mother,  awaken 19  me,  in  the  morn¬ 

ing  as  early  as  possible," 

2.  For  the  morrow  will  be  the  most  joyous 21  day 22  of  the 

new 23  year. 

3.  The  morrow  [will  be]  that  merry,"  mad,"  romping 26 

[day]  of  the  early 27  spring ; 

4.  I  myself  am  to  be 28  “  the  Queen  of  May,”"  and  the  leader 30 

of  the  young31 

5.  There  are,  they  say,  with  black  eyes 32 — but  mine  are 

blackest — 

6.  There  are  Mary,33  and  Margaret"  and  Caroline 35  with 

Catharine  ;36  ;  , 

7.  But  they  say  openly 37  that  little  Alice 38  is  fairest  of  all : 


1.  Nescio. 

2.  Cypria. 

3.  Osculans. 

4.  Fundo. 

5.  Lugubris. 

6.  Siceli. 

7.  Gregi. 

8.  Tracto. 

9.  Avena. 
10.  Amplus. 


11.  Coma.  21.  Lee  tus. 

12.  Canto.  22.  Lux. 

13.  Longa  oblivia.  23.  Recens. 

14.  Torvus.  24.  Hilaris. 

15.  Vir.  25.  Audax. 

16.  (Ingemo:  next  v.)  26.  Improbus. 

17.  Luctuosus.  27.  Recens. 

18.  Pabula.  28.  Ipsa  ero. 

19.  Excito.  29.  Domina  Feria- 

20.  Quam  maturrime.  rum. 

Co2 


30.  Princeps. 

31.  Pubis. 

32.  Nigris  ocellis. 

33.  Maria. 

34.  Margarita. 

35.  Carula. 

36.  Cathara. 

37.  Praedicant. 

38.  Elisa, 


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8.  Wherefore  I  am  to  be 1  “  the  Queen  of  May,”  mother, 

and  the  leader. 

9.  In  order 2  however ,3  that  I  may  be  awakened, (3)  (/  sleep 

so  sound 4  aZZ  night,6) 

10.  See  that  you  call 6  me  with  a  loud''  voice  the  moment  day 

has  dawned  ;8 

11.  For  I  must  gather 9  primroses 10  I  mwsZ  fo'mZ  together 11 

knots12  [of  flowers],  s 

12.  Since13 1  am  to  be  “  the  Queen  of  May,”  and  leader  of 

the  young. 

13.  Lo  !  having  begun 14  to  ascend  the  mountain 16  I  found 16 

whom 17  think  you  ? 

14.  I  found  Mceris  sitting 18  on  the  bridge,  near  the  hazel- 


tree.13 

.  15.  He  remembered  well,20 1  think 21  what  a  sharp  look  I  gave 
him 22  yesterday  :23 

16. '  I,  however,  am  to  be  “  the  Queen  of  May,”  mother,  and 

the  leader. 

17.  He 24  thought  me  a  ghost,26  seeing 26  [me]  all  in  white,27 

18.  Going  straight  onward  29  nor  speaking  [a  word],  like29  a 

spark 30  of  light. 

19.  [My]  friends31  call  me  cruel ;  but  I  care  not  for  that  :32 

20.  For  1  am  to  be.  “  the  Queen  of  May,”  and  leader  of  the 

young.  - 


21.  He  is  dying,33  they  say,  with  love  for  me;34  but  I  don't 
believe  them  ;35 


r** 

22.  He  is  dying,  mother,  of  grief;36  but37  what  care  I  for  that? 

23.  For  I  shall  have 38  handsomer,  bolder 39  suitors,40 

24.  And  I  am  to  be  “  the  Queen  of  May,”  and  leader  of  the 


young. 


1.  Ero.  11.  Colligandum. 

2.  Ut  experrecta  fu-  12.  Nodulus. 

erim.  13.  Quoniam. 

3.  Atqui.  14.  Adorsus. 

4.  Adeo  perdormio.  15.  Jugo  subire. 

5.  Noctem.  16.  Repperi. 

6.  Fac  voces.  17.  Qiiemnam. 

7.  Clarus.  18.  Insidentem. 

8.  Modo  dies  illuxerit.  10.  Corylus. 

9.  Legendum.  20.  Consciverat. 

10.  Primulas.  21.  Reor. 


22.  Quam  torvum 

tuebar. 

23.  Here. 

24.  Ille. 

25.  Spectrum. 

26.  Contueor. 

27.  Candidatus. 

28.  Recta. 

29.  Ut. 

30.  Scintillula. 

31.  Amicae. 


32.  Sed  mea  nil  in¬ 

terest. 

33.  Deperit. 

34.  Me  amando. 

35.  Non  ego  illis  cre¬ 

dula. 

36.  Dolendo. 

37.  Atqui. 

38.  Erunt  mihi. 

39.  Fortiores. 

40.  Procus. 


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18.  PHALiECIAN  HENDECASYLLABIC. 

1.  This  measure,  termed  Phalcecian  from  the  poet  Pha- 
Icecus ,  and  Hendeccisyllabic ,  because  consisting  of  eleven 
syllables  {ev&eua  ovXXa&ai),  is  composed  of  five  feet,  name¬ 
ly,  a  spondee,  a  dactyl,  and  three  trochees  ;  as, 

N5n  est  [  vivere  |  sed  val|ere  |  vita.  | 

Qudi  don|5  lepi|dum  nov|um  lib|ellum.  J 

2.  In  other  words,  it  consists  of  a  Dactylic  Dimeter  Acat- 
alectic ,  followed  by  a  Trochaic  Dimeter  Brachycatalectic. 

3.  Catullus,  with  whom  this  is  a  favorite  measure,  uses 
a  trochee  not  unfrequently  in  the  first  place,  and  sometimes 
an  iambus ;  as, 

Arid\&  modo  pumice  expolitum  (i.,  2). 

Tota  |  millia  me  decem  poposcit  (xli.,  2). 

Ami\cos  medicosque  convocate  (xli.,  6). 

Meas  |  esse  aliquid  putare  nugas  (i.,  4). 

4.  This  liberty,  however,  was  rarely  taken  by  the  poets 
subsequent  to  Catullus. 

Convert  the  following  into  Phalcecian  Hendecasyllabics. 

a-) 

1.  [O]  Yerannius,  of1 2  all  my  friends, 

2.  Superior*  for  me,  to  three  hundred 3  thousand, 

3.  Hast  thou  come 4  home  to  thy  Penates, 

4.  And  affectionate 5  brothers,  and  aged6  mother  ? 

5.  Thou  hast  come  !  O  blessed1  tidings 8  for  me  ! 

6.  I  shall  see 9  thee  safe,  and  shall  hear  [thee] 

7.  Telling  of 10  the  regions 11  the  deeds  f  the  tribes 13  of  the 

Spaniards ,14 

8.  As  is  thy  custom  ;  and  bringing 15  [my]  neck  close  to(15) 

[thine], 

9.  I  will  kiss16  [thy]  sioeet11  mouth  and  eyes. 

1.  E.  6.  Anus.  10.  Narrans.  14.  (Hiberum :  pre- 

2.  Antistans.  7.  Beatus.  11.  Loca.  vious  verse.) 

3.  Trecentis.  8.  Nuntius.  12.  Factum.  15.  Applicans. 

4.  Venistine.  9.  Visam.  13.  Natio.  16.  Suaviabor. 

5.  Unanimus.  *  17.  Jucundus. 


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(2.) 

X.  Now  Spring  brings  back 1  [its]  mild 2  warmth ,3 

2.  Now  the  fury  of  the  equinoctial *  sky 

3.  Grows  silent  amid  the  pleasing 6  breezes  of  Zephyrus. 

4.  Let  us  fly  to  the  far-famed7  cities  of  Asia. 

5.  Already  [my]  mind,  panting  with  eagerness ,8  desires 9  to 

roam ; 

6.  Already  [my]  feet,  joyous  through  the  fond  wish,10  begin 

to  grow  vigorous .n 

7.  Farewell,  O  sweet  bands 12  of  companions 13 

8.  Whom,  having  departed 14  at  the  same  time  far  from 

home, 

9.  Various  paths  are  bearing 15  in  various  directions  16 


1.  Marcus  Tullius,17  most  eloquent 18  of  the  descendants 19  of 

Romulus, 

2.  As  many  as 20  are,  and  as  many  as  have  been, 

3.  And  as  many  as  will  be  hereafter  in  other  years  ; 

4.  Catullus  renders 21  unto  thee  [his]  warmest 2  thanks, 

5.  The  worst  poet  of  all ; 

6.  By  so  much  the  worst  poet  of  all, 

7.  By  how  much  thou  [art]  the  best  patron  of  all. 


(4.) 

1.  When  the  mortal  race,  overcome  by  deep  sleep  f 

2.  Snores  f  reclining  on  the  peaceful 25  couch  f 

3.  We,  taught  to  enter  the  key-hole  f 

4.  [We],  whom  no  one 28  will  hear  or  see, 

5.  Over 29  the  tables,  shelves,30  benches,31  bands 32 

6.  Of  minute 33  Dryads  leap.3* 


].  Refero. 

2.  Egelidus. 

3.  Tepores. 

4.  Aequinoctialis, 

5.  Silesco. 

6.  Jucundis. 

7.  Clarus. 

8.  Prtetrepidans. 

9.  Aveo. 


10.  Studio. 

11.  Vigesco. 

12.  Coetus. 

13.  Comes. 

14.  Profectus. 

15.  Reporto. 

16.  Diverse. 

17.  (Marce  Tulli: 

next  verse.) 


18.  Disertus. 

19.  Nepos. 

20.  Quot. 

21.  (Agit :  next  v.) 

22.  Maximus. 

23.  Sopor. 

24.  Sterto. 

25.  Pacificus. 

26.  Torus. 


27.  Clavis  cavitas. 

28.  Non  ullus. 

29.  Per. 

30.  Abacus. 

31.  Scabellum. 

32.  Turma. 

33.  Minutiorum. 

34.  Salto. 


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7.  Lo !  the  head  of  a  mushroom 1  our  table-cloth? 

8.  Has  aptly  supported  ;3  and  the  light  bread 

9.  A  grain*  of  wheat 5  affords,  and  light  drink 6 

10.  A  drop  of  dew,  gleaming 7  like 8  a  pearly 9  gem, 

11.  In  the  sufficiently  capacious  cwp10  of  an  acorn.11 

12.  As  much  brain 12  as  lies  hid  in  the  nightingale ,13 

13.  And  thejffii14  of  unctuous 15  snails,16 

14.  Cooked11  in  equal  degree 18  with  £wo19  cockles ,20 

15.  Is  not  difficult  food  /or  the  back  tooth.21 

16.  Tails  of  worms,22  and  marrow  of  mouse  23 

17.  Compose  a  very  elegant2*  banquet.26 

18.  Cicadas,  gnats,26  and,  at  the  same  time,  flies, 

19.  Supply21  their  harmony  for  us  ; 

20.  And  thanks 28  having  been  thereupon 29  render  ed26\gNo\ 

21.  Dance  awhile,21  causing22  the  rapid22nighf3toflee(22)  more 

rapidly  :34 

22.  When 35  the  moon  hides  her  head,26 

23.  The  glow-worm21  kindly 38  lends 39  [its]  rays  to  us, 

24.  And  leads 40  us^  back(*°)  home  to  bed?1 

25.  On  the  dewy 42  fop43  of  the  bright**  grass*6 

26.  With  so  gentle 46  a  foot  we  all  pass  along*1 

27.  That  the  stalk,*8  tender  and  having  b.ut  recently 49  arisen, 

28.  Does  not  bend?6  itself  while?1  our  assemblage62 

29.  Walks 53  over  it :  but  when 54  the  sky  reddens66 

30.  With  the  beams  of  Aurora,  you  may  see  [the  spot] 

31.  Where66  the  night  previous61  we  have  sported?8 


:  1.  Boleti. 

16.  Testudo. 

31.  (Parumper :  pre¬ 

45.  Herba. 

S.  Torale. 

17.  Coctus. 

vious  verse.) 

46.  Mollis. 

3.  Sustineo. 

18.  Perinde. 

32.  Fugantes. 

47.  Praetereo. 

4.  Granum. 

19.  Bini. 

33.  (Next  verse.) 

48.  Caulis. 

5.  Cerea. 

20.  Cochlea. 

34.  Properantius. 

49.  Recenter. 

6.  Potus. 

21.  Molari. 

35.  (Abi.  abs.) 

50.  Deprimo. 

7.  Mico. 

22.  Vermibus. 

36.  Lateo. 

51.  (Abi.  abs.) 

8.  Ut. 

23.  Muri. 

37.  Lampuris. 

52.  (Conventu :  next 

9.  Albus. 

24.  Perelegans. 

38.  Alma. 

verse.) 

10.  Cyathus. 

25.  Epulae. 

39.  Do. 

53.  (Ambulante:  pre¬ 

11.  Glans. 

26.  Culex. 

40.  Reduco. 

vious  verse.) 

12.  Cerebrum. 

27.  Ministro. 

41.  Ad  requiem. 

54.  (Abi.  abs.) 

13.  Luscinia. 

28.  Gratiae. 

42.  Roscidus. 

55.  Rufceo. 

14.  Adeps. 

29.  Ibi. 

43.  Vertex. 

56.  Q,ua. 

15.  Inunctiorum. 

30.  Actus. 

44.  Nitens. 

57.  Prior. 

58.  Luserimus. 

-r  ✓ 


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PART  VIII 


GERMAN  POETRY, 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  LATIN 


VERSE. 


PART  VIII. 


GERMAN  POETRY, 

TO  BE  RENDERED  INTO  LATIN  VERSE. 


(1.) 

ODYSSEUS,  von  Schiller. 

Alle  Gewasser  durchkreutz,  die  Heimath  zu  finden,  Ody 
seus, 

Durch  der  Scylla  Gebell,  durch  der  Charybde  Geheul, 
Durch  die  Schrecken  des  feindlichen  Meers,  durch  die 
Schrecken  des  Landes, 

Selber  in  Aides’  Reich  fiihrt  ihn  die  irrende  Fahrt. 
Endlich  tragt  das  Geschick  ihn  schlafend  an  Ithaka’s  Kiiste 
Er  erwacht  und  erkennt  jammernd  das  Yaterland  nicht. 


(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Per  fretum  cunctus  vagus ,  patria  dum  quaero ,  Ulixes , 
Per  Scyllaque  minee ,  quaque  Charybdis  hio , 
Infestusque  mare  per  et  ater  periculum  terra , 

Nec  non  Tartareus  eoque  redeoque  via. 

Tandem  Ithaca  fatum  actus ,  dum  dormio ,  ad  ora 
Agnitus  cum  lux  sum  non  suus  fens  humus . 


(2.) 

DER  KAUFMANN,  von  Schiller. 

Wohin  segelt  das  Schiff?  Es  tragt  Sidonische  Manner, 
Die  von  dem  frierenden  Nord  bringen  den  Bernstein  und 
Zinn. 


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Trag’  es  gnadig,  Neptun,  und  wiegt  es  schonend,  ihr  Winde, 
In  bewirthender  Bucht  rausch’  ihm  ein  trinkbarer  Quell. 
Euch,  ihr  Gotter,  gehort  der  Kaufmann.  Giiter  zu  suchen 
Geht  er,  doch  an  sein  Schiff  knupfet  das  Gute  sich  an. 


(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Quo  velo,  ecce,  ratis  ?  Tyrius  veho  ille,  rigens 
Que  tS  peto  stannum  et  succinus  gutta  polus. 
Tu,  Neptunus,  faveo,  tu,  ventus,  parco  nauta , 
Et  statio  nitidus  donum  ministro  aqua. 

Res ,  Di,  vester  ago :  sui  mercator  bonum  quaero 
Qui  ratis,  fero,  cunctus  qui  juvo,  ille  bonus. 


(3.) 

WURDEN,  von  Schiller. 

Wie  die  Saule  des  Lichts  auf  des  Baches  Welle  sich 
spiegelt 

Hell  wie  von  eigener  Glut  flammt  der  vergoldete  Saum  ; 
Aber  die  Well’  entfuhret  der  Strom,  durch  die  glanzende 
Strasse 

Drangt  cine  andre  sich  schon,  schnell  wie  die  erste  zu 
fliehn ; 

So  beleuchtet  der  Wiirden  Glanz  den  sterblichen  Menschen : 
Nicht  er  selbst,  nur  der  Ort,  den  er  durchwandelte, 
glanzt. 

(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

En,  fix  Phoebeus  rivus,  viden,  unda  refulgeo! 

Au  ’eus  ut  proprius  tractus  ab  ignis  mico. 

TJnda  sed  a  fluctus  rapio,  premo  unda  coruscus , 

Qui:  fugio,  hic  citius  jam  fugiturus  via. 

Scilicet  a  titulus  homo  sic  splendesco  honor : 

Qui,  sto,  ille  locus,  non  tamen  ipse,  niteo.  , 


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(*•) 

RATHSEL,  von  Schiller. 

Ein  Vogel  ist  es  und  an  Schnelle 
Buhlt  es  mit  eines  Adlers  Flug; 

Ein  Fisch  ist’s  und  zertheilt  die  Welle, 
Die  noch  kein  grosser  Unthier  trug ; 

Ein  Elephant  ist’s,  welcher  Thiirme 
Auf  seinem  schweren  Riicken  tragt ; 

Der  Spinnen  kriechendem  Gewiirme 
Gleicht  es,  wenn  es  die  Fiisse  regt ; 

Und  hat  es  fest  sich  eingebissen 
Mit  seinem  spitz’gen  Eisenzahn, 

Dann  steht’s  gleichwie  auf  festen  Fiissen 
Und  trotzt  dem  wiithenden  Orkan. 


(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Sum  avis  armiger  certo  Jugiter  ales  cursus , 
Sum  piscis,  qui  non  grandis  aequor  aro. 
Sum  elephas  dorsum  turritus  moles  superbus, 
JEquo  arachneus,  repo  ut  actus,  genus. 
Quum  semel  aeratus  morsus  configo  acutus 
Dens,  vis  validus  persto  ad  ater  polus. 


(5.) 

MACHTIGES  UEBERRASCHEN,  von  Goethe. 

Ein  Strom  entrauscht  umwolktem  Felsensaale, 

Dem  Ocean  sich  eilig  zu  verbinden  ; 

Was  auch  sich  spiegeln  mag  von  Grand  zu  Griinden, 
Er  wandelt  unaufhaltsam  fort  zu  Thale. 

Damonisch  aber  stiirzt  mit  einem  Male — 

Ihr  folgten  Berg  und  Wald  in  Wirbelwinden — 

Sich  Oreas,  Behagen  dort  zu  linden, 

Und  hernmt  den  Lauf,  begriinzt  die  weite  Schale, 


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v 

Die  Welle  spriiht  und  staunt  zuriick  und  weichet 
Und  schwillt  bergan,  sich  immer  selbst  zu  trinken ; 
Gehemmt  ist  nun  zum  Vater  hin  das  Streben. 

Sie  schwankt  und  ruht,  zum  See  zuriickgedeichet ; 
Gestirne,  spiegelnd  sich,  beschaun  das  Blinken 
Des  Wellenschlags  am  Fels,  ein  neues  Leben. 


(Phal^cian  Hendecasyllabics.) 

Saxum  nubifer  ruens  cubile 
Torrens  sui  socio  ferv eo  altum ; 
Multus  quique  renideo  hiatus , 
Invictus  propero  subeo  vallis. 

Ast  en ,  daemonius  impetus  superne , 
Silva  qui  sequorque  turbidus  vis 
Rupes ,  rapto  Oreas  libido , 
Craterque  vagus  coerceo  ora . 
Mirabundus  video  retroque  fervens, 
Ipse  sui  sitiens  tumesco  unda, 
Paterque  Oceanus  peto  nescio. 

Cesso  jam  tremulus  lacus  recessus, 
Pulsoque  video,  novus  tenor, 

Stella  deciduus  nitor  cautes. 


(6.) 

RATHSEL,  von  Schiller. 

Wie  heisst  das  Ding,  das  wenige  schatzen, 

Doch  ziert’s  des  grossten  Konigs  hand  ? 

Es  ist  gemacht,  um  zu  verletzen, 

Am  nacbsten  ist’s  dem  Schwerdt  verwandt. 

Kein  blut  vergiesst’s  und  macht  doch  tausend  Wunden 
Niemand  beraubt’s  und  macht  doch  reich ; 

Es  hat  den  Erdkreis  uberwunden, 

Es  macht  das  Leben  sanft  und  gleich. 


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Die  grossten  Reiche  hat’s  gegriindet., 

Die  alt’sten  Stadte  hat’s  erbaut ; 

Doch  niemals  hat  es  Krieg  entziindet, 

Und  Heil  dem  Yolk,  das  ihm  vertraut! 

(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Res  ego  pro  vilis  dico  qui  plerique  recuso , 

Quum  sum  in  augustus  rex  honorus  manus  ? 
Prodeo ,  ut  loedo,  gladiusque  simillimus  plaga 
Mille  facio,  nullus  foedus  eruor  tamen. 

Non  adimo ,  dum  proebeo,  opes ;  hic,  orbis  subactus , 
Cum  placidus  victus  jusque  fdesque  do. 

Ille  auspicium  sceptrum  conditus  vis  sum, 

Et  fero  insuetus  moenia  primus  solum. 

At  rigidus  nunquam  pugna  conflo ,  et  ille 
Qui  colo,  laetus  floreo  usque  genus. 


(?•) 

PROMETHEUS,  von  Goethe. 

Bedecke  deinen  himmel,  Zeus, 

Mit  Wolkendunst, 

Und  iibe  dem  Knaben  gleich, 

Der  Disteln  kopft, 

An  Eichen  dich  und  Bergeshohn ; 
Musst  mir  meine  Erde 
Doch  lassen  stehn, 

Und  meine  Hiitte,  die  du  nicht  gebaut, 
Und  meinen  Herd, 

Um  dessen  Gluth 
Du  mich  beneidest. 

Ich  kenne  nichts  Aermeres 
Unter  der  Sonn’,  ais  euch,  Gotter ! 

Ihr  nahret  kummerlich 
Von  Opfersteuern 
Und  Gebetshauch 

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Eure  Majestat, 

Und  darbtet,  waren 
Nicht  Kinder  und  Bettler 
Hoffnungs voile  Thoren. 

Da  ich  ein  Kind  war, 

Nicht  wusste  wo  aus  noch  ein, 

Kehrt’  ich  mein  verirrtes  Auge 
Zur  Sonne,  als  wenn  driiber  war’ 

Ein  Ohr,  zu  horen  meine  Klage, 

Ein  Hertz,  wie  mein’s, 

Sich  des  Bedrangten  zu  erbarmen.  % 

Wer  half  mir 

Wider  der  Titanen  Uebermuth  1 
Wer  rettete  vom  Tode  mich, 

Yon  Sklaverei  ? 

Hast  du  nicht  Alles  selbst  vollendet, 

Heilig  gliihend  Herz  ? 

Und  gliihtest  jung  und  gut, 

Betrogen,  Rettungsdank 
Dem  Schlafenden  da  droben  1 

Ich  dich  ehren  ?  Wofiir  ? 

Hast  du  die  Schmerzen  gelindert 
Je  des  Beladenen  ? 

Hast  du  die  Thranen  gestillet 
Je  des  Geangsteten  ? 

Hat  nicht  mich  zum  Manne  geschmiedet 
Die  allmachtige  Zeit 
Und  das  evvige  Schicksal 
Meine  Herrn  und  deine  1 

Wahntest  du  etwa, 

Ich  sollte  das  Leben  hassen, 

In  Wiisten  fliehen, 

Weil  nicht  alle 
Bluthentrtiume  reiften  ? 


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Hier  sitz’  ich,  forme  Menschen, 
Nach  meinem  Bilde, 

Ein  Geschlecht,  das  mir  gleich  sei, 
Zu  leiden,  zu  weinen, 

Zu  geniessen  und  zu  freuen  sich 
Und  dein  nicht  zu  achten, 

Wie  ich ! 


(Sapphics.) 

Coelum  subtexo  nebulosus  fumus, 
Carduus  frangens  puer,  et  fatigo, 
Jupiter,  quercus  jaculor  ignis  et 

Arduus  mons ; 

Noster  non  tellus,  casa  noster  nullus, 
Qui  tuus  non  sum  opus  ars,  almus 
Nec  tu  flamma  focus  invidens 

Vincor  ictus. 

Nil,  dii,  tu  miser  creor, 

Sol  video  quisquis,  magis  aut  egenus ; 
Sic  vel  afflatus  preces  vel  ara 

Pauper  cultus 

Quippe  majestas  alo  modeste. 

Imo  ni  mens  stolidus  foveo 
Spesque  mendicus  puerque,  victus 

Deforem  omnis. 

Pubes  expers  puerilis  annus 
Ut  via  nondum  stabilis  traho, 

Scepe,  carpo  male  certus  meta 

Lumen  sol, 

Qui  super  demens  fore,  qui  pateo 
Lacryma  auris  et,  imago  nostri, 

Qui  sum  a  flictus  misereor  pectus 

Mitis  puto. 


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Frenum  cervix  manus  expedio 
Ecquis  Titan  ?  manus  ecquis  letum 
Rumpo  et  vinclum  meus  servitus 

Collum  redimo  ? 

Hicne  divinus  meus  ardor  ignis 
Ipse  devinco  ?  Jupiter  egone  segnis 
Gratus  deceptus  do  pro  salus 

Verbum  calens  ? 

Quid  tuus  causa  sum  venero  numen  ? 
Tune  maeror  gravis  pondus  unquam, 
Anxius  unquam  lacryma  solutus 

Cor  levo  ? 

Masculus  annon  sine  jinis fatum 
Vis  et  invictus,  qui  ipse  pareo, 

Tempus  nervus  suus  roboro 

Omnipotens  ? 

Abditus  censeo ,  quia,  qui  foveo, 
Blandus  non  omnis  ratus  nunc  imago , 
Egone  ducturus  vacuus  recessus 

Taedium  vita  ? 

Tutus  en  instar ,  genus  et  doleo 
Parque  laetor  ego,  fingo  nostri, 

Cura  qui ,  ut  ego ,  nihil  uro  unquam 

Ullus  deus. 


(8.) 

ANAKREON’S  GRAB,  von  Goethe. 

Wo  die  Rose  hier  bliiht,  wo  Reben  um  Lorbeer  sich  schlin- 
gen, 

Wo  das  Turtelchen  lockt,  wo  sich  das  Grillchen  ergetzt, 
Welch  ein  Grab  ist  hier,  das  alle  Gotter  mit  Leben 
Schon  bepflanzt  und  geziert  ?  Es  ist  Anakreon’s  Ruh. 


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Fruhling,  Sommer,  und  Herbst  genoss  der  glUckliche 
Dichter ; 

r 

Vor  dem  Winter  hat  ihn  endlich  der  Hiigel  geschiitzt. 


(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Hic  ubi  flos  rosa  laurus  do  brachium  vitis , 
Turtur  ubi  maereo ,  latus  cicada  cano , 

Quis  hic  sum  tumulus ,  vivus  qui  gratia  divus 
Germen  consero  ?  Teius  hic  situs  sum 
Prcebeo  autumnus ,  ver ,  cestas  gaudium  vates ; 
A  gelidus  tutus  frigus  terra  foveo. 


(9.) 

DILETTANT  UND  KRITIKER,  von  Goethe. 

Es  hatt’  ein  Knab’  eine  Taube  zart, 

Gar  schbn  von  Farben  und  bunt, 

Gar  herzlich  lieb,  nach  Knaben-Art, 

Geatzet  aus  seinem  Mund, 

Und  hatte  so  Freud’  am  Taubchen  sein, 

Dass  er  nicht  konnte  sich  freuen  allein. 

Da  lebte  nicht  weit  ein  Alt-Fuchs  herum, 

Erfahren  und  lehrreich  und  schwatzig  darum  ; 

Der  hatte  den  Knaben  manch  Stiindlein  ergetzt, 

Mit  Wundern  und  Liigen  verprahlt  und  verschwatzt. 

“  Muss  meinem  Fuchs  doch  mein  Taubelein  zeigen!” 

Er  lief  und  fand  ihn  strecken  in  Strauchen. 

“  Sieh,  Fuchs,  mein  lieb  Taublein,  mein  Taublein  so  schon  ’ 
Hast  du  dein  Tag  so  ein  Taubchen  gesehn  V’ 

Zeig  her! — Der  Knabe  reicht’s. — Geht  wohl  an  ; 

Aber  es  fehlt  noch  Manches  dran. 

Die  Federn,  zum  Exempel,  sind  zu  kurtz  gerathen. — 

Da  fing  er  an,  rupit’  sich  den  Braten. 


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Der  Knabe  schrie. — Du  musst  starkre  einsetzen, 
Sonst  ziert’s  nicht,  schwinget  nicht. — 

Da  war’s  nackt — Missgeburt — und  in  Fetzen! 
Dem  Knaben  das  Herze  bricht. 

Wer  sich  erkennt  irn  Knaben  gut, 

Der  sei  vor  Fiichsen  auf  seiner  Hut. 


(Comic  Iambic  Trimeters.)1 

Pictus  color  aureus  vel  intimus 
Fovens  columbus  mos  •puerilis  puer 
Nutrio  labellum  esca  suggerens , 

Suusque  sic  gaudeo  columbulus , 

Nescio  ut  gaudeo  jam  solus  sui. 

Vulpes  vagum  dego  haud  procul  vetus , 

Usus  doceo  sollers  et  loquaculus  ; 

Hora  bene  multus  ille  puer  detinens 
Commentum  jactans  prodigiosus  fallo. 

Hic  ille ,  monstro  ut  suus  columbulus , 

Accurro  et  stratus  sub  arbustum  video. 

Vulpes,  meus,  inquam,  bellulus  en  columbulus  ! 
Unquam  tu  talis  visus  sum  columbulus  ? 

Petens  puer  ut  porrigo,  non  displiceo, 

Sed  sum,  aio,  non  pauci,  qui  desidero, 

Penna  velut  evado  plus  cequus  brevis  ; 
Statimque  sic  occoepi  esca  carpo. 

Clamo  puer ;  ille,  fortior  ingero, 

Si  sum  decorus ,  pergo,  et  volubilis. 

Tunc  nudus  ales  en  !  deformis  et  lacer, 
Fractusque  cor  miser  expallesco  puer. 

Puer  suus  quicunque  agnosco  imago, 

Devito  ille  cautus  a  vulpecula. 


1  Vid.  Anthon’s  Latin  Prosody,  p.  172,  ed.  1842. 


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(10.) 

REISEZEHRUNG,  von  Goethe. 

Entwohnen  sollt’  ich  mich  vom  Gknz  der  Blicke, 

Mein  Leben  sollten  sie  nicht  mehr  verschonen. 

Was  man  Geschick  nennt,  lasst  sich  nicht  versohnen, 
Ich  weiss  es  wohl  und  trat  bestiirzt  zuriicke. 

Nun  wusst’  ich  auch  von  keinem  weitern  Giiicke  ; 
Gleich  fing  ich  an  von  diesen  und  von  jenen 
Nothwend’gen  Dingen  sonst  mich  zu  entwohnen  • 
Nothwendig  schien  mir  nichts,  als  ihre  Blicke. 

Des  Weines  Gluth,  den  Yielgenuss  der  Speisen, 
Bequemlichkeit  und  Schlaf  und  sonstge  Gaben, 
Gesellschaft  wies  ich  weg,  dass  wenig  bliebe. 

So  kann  ich  ruhig  durch  die  Welt  nun  reisen : 

Was  ich  bedarf,  ist  tiberall  zu  haben, 

Und  Unentbehrlich’s  bring  ich  mit — die  Liebe. 


(Phal^jcian  Hendecasyllabics.) 

Ergo  tu ,  oculus ,  beatus  qui 
Rideo  lux  dies ,  vetor  reviso  ? 

Nempe ,  quicquid  is  sum,  nego  pior 
Fatum  :  contremisco  doque  collum. 
Jam  non  delicium  superstes  ullus  ; 
Queis  non  antefero,  car  eo  res, 

Solum  non  disco  careo  ocellus. 

Victus  lautitia  scyphusque  Bacchus 
Spumans  vacuus  otiumque  lectus 
Et  sperno  socius  parum  relinquens. 
Terra  sic  facilis  licet  vagor ; 

Prosto,  queis  opus  sum,  ubique  victus, 
Vivo  qui  sine  non,  amor  comes  mi. 


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(n.) 

RATHSEL,  von  Schiller. 

Ich  wohn’  in  einem  steinernen  Haus, 

Da  lieg’  ich  verborgen  und  schlafe  ; 

Doch  ich  trete  hervor,  ich  eile  heraus, 

Gefordert  mit  eisemer  Waffe. 

Erst  bin  ich  unscheinbar  und  schwach  und  klein, 
Mich  kann  dein  Athem  bezwingen, 

Ein  Regentropfen  schon  saugt  mich  ein  ; 

Doch  mir  wachsen  im  Siege  die  Schwingen. 
Wenn  die  machtige  Schwester  sich  zu  mir  gesellt, 
So  erwachs’  ich  zum  furchtbar’n  Gebieter  der  Welt. 

ut 

(Hexameters.) 

Saxeus  mi  domus  sum ,  qui  penetrale  in  umbra 
Obscurus  lateo  pressus  gravitas  sopor. 

Verum  progredior ,  verum  prorumpo  minax 
Impulsus  ferrum.  Vires  primordia  ccecus 
Tenuis  qui  agito ,  ut  vinco  anhelitus  os, 

Ut  sorbeo  queo ,  qui  stillo  ab  aer  gutta, 

Mobilitas  vigeo  invictus  surgo  in  aura. 

Sui  ego  germana  quum  jungo  magnus  potestas, 

Efficio  horribilis  grassarier  orbis  tyrannus. 


(12.) 

DAS  MADCHEN  SPEICHT,  von  Goethe. 

Du  flehst  so  ernst,  Geliebter !  Deinem  Bilde 

Yon  Marmor  hier  mocht’  ich  dich  wohl  vergleichen ; 
Wie  dieses  gibst  du  mir  kein  Lebenszeichen  ; 

Mit  dir  verglichen  zeigt  der  Stein  sich  milde. 

Der  Feind  verbergt  sich  hinter  seinem  Schilde, 

Der  Freund  soli  ofFen  seine  Stirn  uns  reichen. 

Ich  suche  dich,  du  suchst  mir  zu  entweichen ; 

Doch  halte  Stand,  wie  dieses  Kunstgebilde. 


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An  wen  von  beiden  soli  ich  nun  mich  wenden  ? 

Sollt’  ich  von  beiden  Kalte  leiden  miissen  “? 

Da  dieser  todt  und  du  lebendig  heissest. 

Kurz,  um  der  Worte  mehr  nicht  zu  verschwenden, 
So  will  ich  diesen  Stein  so  lange  kiissen, 

Bis  eifersuchtig  du  mich  ihm  entreissest. 


(PHALiECIAN  HeNDECASYLLABICS.) 

Os  quid  nubes  premo  gravis  severus  ? 
Iste  marmoreus  refero  signum , 

Nec  scio  signum  ego  do  vita ; 

Imo  durities  lapis  secundus. 

Hostis  sui  clipeus  latus  recondo, 
Amicus  retego  apertus  frons . 

Qucerens  fugiens  quid  eo  qucero  ? 

O  facio  sto  volo  :  sto  hic  imago. 
Utrum  nunc  adiisse  ego  juvo  ? 

An  sentio  jubeo  uterque  frigus, 

Tu  dum  vivus  ago,  rigesco  ille  ? 

Sed  ne  multa  loquax,  hic  osculor 
Saxum ,  dum  invidia  traho  retortus. 


(13.) 

DER  FISCHER,  von  Goethe. 

Das  Wasser  rauscht’,  das  Wasser  schwoll, 
Ein  Fischer  sass  daran, 

Sah  nach  dem  Angel  ruhevoll, 

Kiihl  bis  ans  Herz  hinan. 

Und  wie  er  sitzt  und  wie  er  lauscht, 

Theilt  sich  die  Fluth  empor ; 

Aus  dem  bewegten  Wasser  rauscht 
Ein  feuchtes  Weib  hervor. 

E  E 


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Sie  sang  zu  ihm,  sie  sprach  zu  ihm  ; 

Was  lockst  dn  meine  Brut 

Mit  Menschenwitz  und  Menschenlist 
Hinauf  in  Todesgluth  ? 

Ach  wiisstest  du,  wie’s  Fischlein  ist 
So  wohlig  auf  dem  Grund, 

Du  stiegst  herunter,  wie  du  bist, 

Und  wiirdest  erst  gesund. 

Labt  sich  die  liebe  Sonne  nicht, 

Der  Mond  sich  nicht  im  Meer  ? 

'  r 

Kehrt  wellenathmend  ihr  Gesicht 
Nicht  doppelt  schoner  her  ? 

Lockt  dich  der  tiefe  Himmel  nicht, 

Das  feuchtverkliirte  Blau  ? 

Lockt  dich  dein  eigen  Angesicht 
Nicht  her  in  ew’gen  Thau. 

Das  Wasser  rauscht’,  das  Wasser  schwoll, 
Netz’  ihm  den  nackten  Fuss  ; 

Sein  Herz  wuchs  ihm  so  sehnsuchtsvoll, 
Wie  bei  der  Liebsten  Gruss. 

Sie  sprach  zu  ihm,  sie  sang  zu  ihm ; 

Da  war’s  um  ihn  geschehn : 

Halb  zog  sie  ihn,  halb  sank  er  hin, 

Und  ward  nicht  mehr  gesehn. 


(Hexameters  and  Pentameters.) 

Dum  fremo  unda  tumens ,  placidus  piscator  ab  hamus 
Pendeo  et  algescens  pectus  ad  usque  tepeo. 

Ut  sedeo  intentus ,  motus ,  viden,  excitus  fluctus 
F (Emina  dividuus  prosilio  udus  mare. 

Suave  cano ,  noster  mortalis  fraus  sub  cestus 
Fallo  letifer  quid  pecus  ars  ?  aio. 

Gens  meus  si  scio  ut  luxurio  in  imus, 

Haud  mora ,  tu  do  convaliturus  aqua. 


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Annon  Phoebus  amans ,  non  gaudeo  Luna  lavo  ? 

Mquor  et  hic  spirans  pulchrius  osne  redeo  ? 
Ceerulus  convexus  non  tu  candens,  non  qui 
Os  niteo,  invito  ros  madeo,  tuus  ? 

Dico,  et  unda  fremo,  tumidus  pes  humeo  ab  unda; 

Cor  velut  domina  spiritus  adustus  flagro. 

En,  bibo  ille  modulamen  vox ,  et  ille, 

Tractus  et  ipse  suus  sponte,  trahens  pereo. 


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